Do openness to experience and recognizing opportunities have the same genetic source?

Human Resource Management

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 291-303

  Shane, Scott ^a   Nicolaou, Nicos ^b   Cherkas, Lynn ^c   Spector, Tim D ^c,d  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavioral genetics; Entrepreneurship; Openness to experience; Opportunity recognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952113726     PISSN: 00904848     EISSN: 1099050X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hrm.20343     Document Type: Article

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