Attitudes towards and perceptions of entrepreneurs in Central Eastern Europe (Poland, the Czech Republic, and East-Germany)

Ute Stephan; Martin Lukes; Dominika Dej; Peter Georg Richter

Attitudes towards and perceptions of entrepreneurs in Central Eastern Europe (Poland, the Czech Republic, and East-Germany)

Ute Stephan, Martin Lukes, Dominika Dej, Peter Georg Richter

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Abstract

This paper explores attitudes and perceptions towards entrepreneurs in three Central Eastern European (CEE) countries undergoing transition from planned to market-based economic systems. Entrepreneurs and small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) play a critical role in this transformation process. Study one examines whether governments and general public are perceived as supportive of entrepreneurs. Such perceptions might eventually increase the number of entrepreneurs as it would be seen as a legitimate career choice (cf. Etzioni, 1987). Study two explores whether the concept ‘entrepreneur’ is interpreted in the same way in the three cultures using a student sample. Cross-cultural aspects and support measures for entrepreneurship are discussed.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Perspectives and progress in contemporary cross-cultural psychology
Subtitle of host publication	selected papers from the seventeenth International Congress of the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology
Editors	Gang Zheng, Kwok Leung, John G. Adair
Place of Publication	Bejing (CN)
Pages	173-192
Number of pages	20
Edition	Online ed.
Publication status	Published - 2007
Event	17th International Congress of the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology - Xi'an, China Duration: 2 Aug 2004 → 6 Aug 2004

Congress

Congress	17th International Congress of the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology
Country/Territory	China
City	Xi'an
Period	2/08/04 → 6/08/04

Keywords

entrepreneurship
culture
perceptions
concept-mapping
Central and Eastern Europe
transition economies

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Stephan, U., Lukes, M., Dej, D., & Richter, P. G. (2007). Attitudes towards and perceptions of entrepreneurs in Central Eastern Europe (Poland, the Czech Republic, and East-Germany). In G. Zheng, K. Leung, & J. G. Adair (Eds.), Perspectives and progress in contemporary cross-cultural psychology: selected papers from the seventeenth International Congress of the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology (Online ed. ed., pp. 173-192).

Stephan, Ute ; Lukes, Martin ; Dej, Dominika et al. / Attitudes towards and perceptions of entrepreneurs in Central Eastern Europe (Poland, the Czech Republic, and East-Germany). Perspectives and progress in contemporary cross-cultural psychology: selected papers from the seventeenth International Congress of the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology. editor / Gang Zheng ; Kwok Leung ; John G. Adair. Online ed. ed. Bejing (CN), 2007. pp. 173-192

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