Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusvent.2009.09.004
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dc.titleHuman capital and entrepreneurial success: A meta-analytical review
dc.contributor.authorUnger, J.M.
dc.contributor.authorRauch, A.
dc.contributor.authorFrese, M.
dc.contributor.authorRosenbusch, N.
dc.date.accessioned2014-12-12T07:05:17Z
dc.date.available2014-12-12T07:05:17Z
dc.date.issued2011-05
dc.identifier.citationUnger, J.M., Rauch, A., Frese, M., Rosenbusch, N. (2011-05). Human capital and entrepreneurial success: A meta-analytical review. Journal of Business Venturing 26 (3) : 341-358. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusvent.2009.09.004
dc.identifier.issn08839026
dc.identifier.urihttp://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/114933
dc.description.abstractThe study meta-analytically integrates results from three decades of human capital research in entrepreneurship. Based on 70 independent samples (N=24,733), we found a significant but small relationship between human capital and success (rc=098). We examined theoretically derived moderators of this relationship referring to conceptualizations of human capital, to context, and to measurement of success. The relationship was higher for outcomes of human capital investments (knowledge/skills) than for human capital investments (education/experience), for human capital with high task-relatedness compared to low task-relatedness, for young businesses compared to old businesses, and for the dependent variable size compared to growth or profitability. Findings are relevant for practitioners (lenders, policy makers, educators) and for future research. Our findings show that future research should pursue moderator approaches to study the effects of human capital on success. Further, human capital is most important if it is task-related and if it consists of outcomes of human capital investments rather than human capital investments; this suggests that research should overcome a static view of human capital and should rather investigate the processes of learning, knowledge acquisition, and the transfer of knowledge to entrepreneurial tasks. © 2009 Elsevier Inc.
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dc.sourceScopus
dc.subjectHuman capital
dc.subjectLearning
dc.subjectMeta-analysis
dc.subjectSuccess
dc.typeArticle
dc.contributor.departmentMANAGEMENT AND ORGANISATION
dc.description.doi10.1016/j.jbusvent.2009.09.004
dc.description.sourcetitleJournal of Business Venturing
dc.description.volume26
dc.description.issue3
dc.description.page341-358
dc.description.codenJBVEE
dc.identifier.isiut000288838500005
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