Inside the Mind of the Entrepreneur ─ Cognition, Personality Traits, Intention, and Gender Behavior

This book connects entrepreneurship and psychology research by focusing on the personality dimensions of entrepreneurs, entrepreneurial cognition, entrepreneurial leadership, and gender behavior. It features state of the art interdisciplinary research offering a unified perspective on entrepreneurial psychology. Individual chapters address advances related to entrepreneurial intentions, complexity management, personality psychology, intrapreneurial behavior, entrepreneurial communities and demographic changes, among others. Laboratory experiments that study entrepreneurial behavior round out the coverage.

Ana Tur-Porcar is Associate Professor at the Department of Basic Psychology, University of Valencia. Her research interests are personality, pro-social behavior, entrepreneurship, and emotions. She has published papers in Journal of Business Research, Personality and Individual Differences, Journal of Adolescence, Psychology & Marketing, Quality & Quantity, and Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, among others.

Domingo Ribeiro-Soriano is Full Professor at the University Research Institute of Social Economy, Cooperativism, and Entrepreneurship (IUDESCOOP), and at the Department of Management of University of Valencia. He has published research in more than 50 international peer-reviewed journals. He has published different books, too. He has been the co-editor or author of several books, including 'Women’s Entrepreneurship and Economics' (Springer, 2012), 'Entrepreneurship and Business' (Springer, 2009), and 'Entrepreneurship' (Springer, 2007).