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Entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship are important for new wealth creation and economic development. Yet insufficient attention has been paid in entrepreneurship research to psychological characteristics such as the big five personality characteristics. In this study, we address this issue by investigating the psychological determinants of real-life entrepreneurial start-up decisions and intentions by contrasting entrepreneurs and non-entrepreneurs as regards the big five personality factors (openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism). Using data collected via face-to-face structured interviews with 546 individuals from Slovenia, we tested hypotheses using multi-nominal logistic regression (supplemented by MANOVA). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article examines the usage of nine human resource management (HRM) practices among 46 hotels in San Diego. Results showed that the hotels in the sample use training and development to bring employees up to an acceptable level of performance, and then rely on allowing employee a voice to keep them engaged. Usage of HRM varied by hotel types (e.g., resorts vs. economy), and the practices had a statistically significant relationship with job satisfaction, morale, and optimism about the future of the hotel. These attitudes, in turn, were significantly related to turnover intentions. Implications of the results are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We developed and tested a refined version of the intrinsic religious orientation (IRO) component of the Religious Orientation Scale (ROS) using a lay sample of 4 minority ethnic groups (African Americans, Asian Americans, Filipinos, and Latinos) that are collectively now an increasing proportion of the population of the United States. We explored whether IRO is affected by ethnicity, religious affiliation, and gender, and also whether levels of IRO have implications for psychological acculturation of minority groups into White, Anglo American culture and alienation from society. Ethnicity, religious affiliation, and gender explained 41% of the variation of IRO. Relative to Asian Americans, African Americans and Filipinos were more likely to be intrinsically religious. In comparison to those who had no religious preference, Roman Catholics, Protestants, and Evangelical Christians were more likely to be intrinsically religious. Women showed a higher level of IRO than did men. IRO, in turn, was negatively correlated with psychological acculturation and positively correlated with alienation. The negative correlation between IRO and psychological acculturation held true for Asian Americans and African Americans, and the positive correlation between IRO and alienation applied to Asian Americans. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Using human-capital theory and a unique data set, we show that the completion of vocational training is higher among displaced workers with higher levels of basic education. We conclude, therefore, that screening on basic education should become a prerequisite for vocational training after job displacement. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]