Publication: Journal of Economic Education
Volume: Volume 19, No. 3
Issue: Summer 1988
Pages: pp. 259-268
Author(s): Irvin B. Tucker III (University of North Carolina)
Title: Entrepreneurs and Public-Sector Employees: The Role of Achievement Motivation and Risk in Occupational Choice
Abstract: Achievement motivation and risk taking are often identified as two dominant characteristics of entrepreneurs. This supposition is tested using a sample of self-employed workers to represent entrepreneurs and government employees as the control group.