Chapter 11: Individual Perspectives: Beyond the ‘Heroic’ Entrepreneur
1. An entrepreneur establishing a new venture feels that its success will be determined by forces outside his/her control. Which individual level characteristics would this refer to ______.
- desire for autonomy
- risk-taking propensity
- locus of control
- fatalism
2. Entrepreneurs are big ‘risk-takers’.
- True
- False
Answer: B
Explanation
The belief in this personality characteristic is not supported by the research evidence.
3. Research on human cognition is concerned with the way in which people ______.
- form attitudes
- think
- behave
- run businesses
4. Which of the following are key themes from entrepreneurial cognition research?
- differences in biases; cognitive biases; perceived self-efficacy
- differences in cognition; cognitive creativity; perceived self-efficacy
- differences in creativity; cognitive biases; perceived self-efficacy
- differences in self-efficacy; cognitive biases; perceived creativity
5. Ernest Rutherford’s adoption of the image of the solar system as a model for explaining the structure of the hydrogen atom was an example of ______.
- combining concepts
- analogical reasoning
- fuzzy logic
- cognitive bias
6. According to Ravasi and Turati (2005), learning in an entrepreneurial context can be difficult for what reasons?
- locus of control; illusion of control; constraints
- analogical reasoning; illusion of control; reasoning by analogy
- ambiguity; multiple actors; constraints
- ambiguity; modes of learning; constraints
7. Which of the following isn’t an individual level entrepreneurial characteristic?
- need for achievement
- under optimism
- risk taking propensity
- desire for autonomy