This new edition of the successful textbook Organization Theories discusses various
approaches to theory formation in organization research, offers a critical presentation of the …

Abstract The Protestant Reformation is one of the defining events of the last millennium.
Nearly 500 years after the Reformation, its causes and consequences have seen a renewed …

The previous literature finds that self-reported 'fear of failure'has a significant negative effect
on individuals' choice to become entrepreneurs. We hypothesize this effect is lessened in …

Spiritual capital serves as a unique resource that can contribute to entrepreneurial action.
This paper develops the concept of religious social capital, as a distinct component of …

Despite numerous chief executive officers (CEOs) citing their religious convictions as the
primary guiding framework for their decision-making, leadership behavior, business …

We review and discuss research on the development of regional entrepreneurship over
time. A particular focus is on the long-term persistence of regional levels of …

We investigate whether managers' religious affiliations affect corporate decisions. We hand
collect data on the religious affiliations of chief executive officers (CEOs) and find that firms …

Does Protestantism favour entrepreneurship more than Catholicism does? We provide a
novel way to answer this question by comparing Protestant and Catholic minorities using …

This paper employs data from the World Values Survey (1995–2020) and the European
Values Study (1999–2020) to test three hypotheses on attitudinal differences between …

This study aims to expand knowledge on the nexus between religious attitudes and
entrepreneurship performance. Using an international sample of 1,162 European youth …