The mirror image of Dutch speaking self-employed entrepreneurs in Belgium
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Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F62156489%3A43110%2F14%3A00232416" target="_blank" >RIV/62156489:43110/14:00232416 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2212-5671(14)00403-1" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2212-5671(14)00403-1</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2212-5671(14)00403-1" target="_blank" >10.1016/S2212-5671(14)00403-1</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
The mirror image of Dutch speaking self-employed entrepreneurs in Belgium
Original language description
It is often asked what it takes to be an entrepreneur or self-employed. However, less attention is given to the actual image of self-employed. A positive or negative image may contribute to which extend people associate themselves to self-employment. Thegoal of this paper is to determining the mirror-image of Dutch speaking self-employed in Belgium. The image is expressed as personality traits from the Big Five personality trait framework. A quantitative online survey utilizing a five point Likert scale was applied as a methodology to gather the required ratings on various lower-level personality traits. In total 775 Dutch speaking self-employed business owners in Belgium filled out the questionnaire. This data was collected through the Socratos survey system from iVox utilizing the member database of Zenito, a Belgian non-profit service organization aimed at self-employed business owners. The ratings for each personality trait were expressed as a weighted average and expressed as the
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Classification
Type
D - Article in proceedings
CEP classification
AE - Management, administration and clerical work
OECD FORD branch
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Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach
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Publication year
2014
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Article name in the collection
17th International Conference Enterprise And Competitive Environment 2014
ISBN
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ISSN
2212-5671
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Number of pages
10
Pages from-to
761-770
Publisher name
Elsevier Science Bv
Place of publication
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Event location
Brno, CZECH REPUBLIC
Event date
Mar 6, 2014
Type of event by nationality
WRD - Celosvětová akce
UT code for WoS article
345439100090