Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/331955 
Year of Publication: 
2025
Citation: 
[Journal:] German Economic Review (GER) [ISSN:] 1468-0475 [Volume:] 26 [Issue:] 3 [Year:] 2025 [Pages:] 229-265
Publisher: 
De Gruyter, Berlin
Abstract: 
Given the renewed scholarly interest in the crafts, this paper explores the nuances of crafts entrepreneurship through a personality-based approach. Our findings validate prior research on the general influence of broad and narrow personality traits on self-employment. However, our analysis also suggests that certain effects differ between crafts and non-crafts, most notably the role of the Big Five trait of conscientiousness - suggesting that there is something 'unique' about the crafts' way of doing business that goes beyond firm size. In this way, we provide evidence that personality may affect self-employment differently depending on the sector or field of entrepreneurship.
Subjects: 
crafts sector
entrepreneurship
personality traits
self-employment
JEL: 
L26
M13
D91
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Creative Commons License: 
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Document Type: 
Article

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