Abstract
This article provides a narrative review of psychology of entrepreneurship research published in leading psychology journals, based on which we develop an organising framework for future psychological contributions to this field. Furthermore, we introduce the manuscripts collected in this special issue. Our review identified five research areas, broadly corresponding with basic psychological domains, namely personal differences; careers; health and well-being; cognition and behaviour; and leadership; as well as three cross-cutting themes: gender issues; genetic and biological foundations; and context. With the aim to stimulate integration across different approaches and disciplines, we propose a framework to understand how psychologists can offer innovative contributions to the multi-disciplinary entrepreneurship literature. This includes a focus on the entrepreneur embedded in and in interaction with his or her immediate and wider context; attention to different types of entrepreneurs; and a focus on dynamic within-person processes evolving over time.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 437-468 |
| Number of pages | 32 |
| Journal | Applied Psychology |
| Volume | 65 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| Early online date | 8 Jun 2016 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Jul 2016 |
Bibliographical note
This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Gorgievski, M. J., & Stephan, U. (2016). Advancing the psychology of entrepreneurship: a review of the psychological literature and an introduction. Applied Psychology, 65(3), 437-468, which has been published in final form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/apps.12073. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving.Keywords
- entrepreneurship
- psychology
- review
- literature review
- personality
- career
- work stress
- leadership
- opportunity entrepreneurship