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Performance-based vs. socially-supportive culture: A cross-national study of descriptive norms and entrepreneurship KU Leuven
This paper is a cross-national study testing a framework relating cultural descriptive norms to entrepreneurship in a sample of 40 nations. Based on data from the Global Leadership and Organizational Behavior Effectiveness project, we identify two higher-order dimensions of culture - socially supportive culture (SSC) and performance-based culture (PBC) - and relate them to entrepreneurship rates and associated supply-side and demand-side ...
National culture and entrepreneurship KU Leuven
Psychosoziale Merkmale der Arbeit, Überforderungserleben und Depressivität KU Leuven
This study examined the job characteristics in the Job-Demand-Control- Support Model and in the Effort-Reward Imbalance Model with regard to depression in a sample of 265 employees. First, we tested by means of confirmatory factor analysis similarities and differences of the two models. Secondly, job characteristic were introduces as predictors in a path model to test their relation with depression. Furthermore, we examined whether the ...
Gesundheitsrisiken bei Unternehmern KU Leuven
The relationship between health and workload as well as entrepreneurial success was analyzed in 53 entrepreneurs. Workload data (decision latitude, job demand, working time, competition, market development) were determined by using structured interviews and Karasek's job content questionnaire. Firm success was operationalized by employee growth, the possibility of absence from the company (days of holiday), and perceived success. Health was ...