Shane, Scott and Nicolaou, Nicos (2013) The genetics of entrepreneurial performance. International Small Business Journal, 31 (5). pp. 473-495. doi:10.1177/0266242613485767 ISSN 0266-2426.

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Abstract

Behavioral genetics techniques were applied to a sample of self-employed monozygotic (MZ) and dizygotic (DZ) twins from the USA to examine whether genetic factors influence entrepreneurial performance. The study found that genetics affects the amount of income earned by self-employed people. In addition, the study found that common genes influenced the phenotypic correlations between three of the ‘big five’ personality characteristics – agreeableness, openness to experience and extraversion – and self-employment income, but due to the small sample size, the confidence intervals were high. The implications of a genetic component to self-employment income for research on entrepreneurship are discussed.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Entrepreneurship, Behavior genetics
Journal or Publication Title:	International Small Business Journal
Publisher:	Sage Publications
ISSN:	0266-2426
Official Date:	13 May 2013
Dates:	Date Event 13 May 2013 Published
Volume:	31
Number:	5
Number of Pages:	23
Page Range:	pp. 473-495
DOI:	10.1177/0266242613485767
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access

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