Abstract

The article examines the values of individual entrepreneurs in the European context. From among the various available value theories, it applies Shalom H. Schwartz’s framework of Basic Human Values. Schwartz distinguishes 10 values that are dynamically interrelated with each other along several shared dimensions. Two main dimensions (self-centered and collective) and four categories (openness to change, self-enhancement, conservation, self-transcendence) of values can thus be distinguished. The empirical part of the study starts with a cluster analysis to differentiate entrepreneurial groups according to the relative importance of self-centered values, before turning to values with collective connotations in order to draw more comprehensive profiles of the identified clusters. One of the main findings of this study is that more than two-thirds of Eastern European entrepreneurs cannot be characterized by normatively framed entrepreneurial value preferences—they are actually entrepreneurs without entrepreneurship.

摘要

本文考察了欧洲背景下个体企业家的价值观。在各种可用的价值理论中，它应用了 Shalom H. Schwartz 的基本人类价值框架。Schwartz 区分了 10 个沿几个共享维度动态相互关联的值。因此可以区分价值观的两个主要维度（以自我为中心和集体）和四个类别（对变化的开放性、自我提升、保护、自我超越）。该研究的实证部分从聚类分析开始，根据以自我为中心的价值观的相对重要性来区分创业群体，然后转向具有集体内涵的价值观，以绘制更全面的已识别集群的概况。