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Martin Obschonka is affiliated with Queensland University of Technology in Australia. Their research focuses primarily on Business, Management and Accounting, with particular emphasis on the subfields of Management of Technology and Innovation, Economics and Econometrics, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Accounting, and Social Psychology.

The main topics in Martin Obschonka's work include:

  • Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences
  • Family Business Performance and Succession
  • Private Equity and Venture Capital
  • Culture, Economy, and Development Studies
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Innovation and Socioeconomic Development
  • Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction

Frequently publishing in venues such as the Academy of Management Proceedings, Small Business Economics, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Research Policy, and Journal of Business Venturing Insights, Martin Obschonka contributes regularly to leading academic forums in the field of entrepreneurship and management.

Recent papers authored by Martin Obschonka include:

  • "Job burnout and work engagement in entrepreneurs: How the psychological utility of entrepreneurship drives healthy engagement" (2022), Journal of Business Venturing

Additional influential papers in the area, although authored by other researchers but relevant to the context of their field, include:

  • "Addressing common method variance and endogeneity in vocational behavior research: A review of the literature and suggestions for future research" (2020), Journal of Vocational Behavior
  • "Pursuing Impactful Entrepreneurship Research Using Artificial Intelligence" (2020), Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice
  • "Entrepreneurship in Cities" (2021), Research Policy
  • "Small Businesses and Entrepreneurship in Times of Crises: The Renaissance of Entrepreneur-Focused Micro Perspectives" (2022), International Small Business Journal Researching Entrepreneurship

The scientist has collaborated frequently with the following coauthors:

  • Michael Stuetzer
  • Samuel D. Gosling
  • Per Davidsson
  • Jeff Potter
  • Michael Fritsch

Martin Obschonka is also the author of the book titled "The Geography of Entrepreneurial Psychology," published in 2021 by Edward Elgar Publishing.

Best Publications

  • Entrepreneurial self-efficacy: A systematic review of the literature on its theoretical foundations, measurement, antecedents, and outcomes, and an agenda for future research

    Alexander Newman;Martin Obschonka;Susan Schwarz;Michael Cohen

  • Entrepreneurial intention as developmental outcome

    Martin Obschonka;Rainer K. Silbereisen;Eva Schmitt-Rodermund

  • Scientists' transition to academic entrepreneurship: Economic and psychological determinants

    Maximilian Goethner;Martin Obschonka;Rainer K. Silbereisen;Uwe Cantner;Uwe Cantner

  • Artificial intelligence and big data in entrepreneurship: a new era has begun

    Martin Obschonka;David B. Audretsch

  • The Regional Distribution and Correlates of an Entrepreneurship-Prone Personality Profile in the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom: A Socioecological Perspective

    Martin Obschonka;Eva Schmitt-Rodermund;Rainer K. Silbereisen;Samuel D. Gosling

  • Addressing common method variance and endogeneity in vocational behavior research:A review of the literature and suggestions for future research

    Brian Cooper;Nathan Eva;Forough Zarea Fazlelahi;Alexander Newman

  • Regional characteristics, opportunity perception and entrepreneurial activities

    Michael Stuetzer;Martin Obschonka;Udo Brixy;Rolf Sternberg

  • Entrepreneurship culture, knowledge spillovers and the growth of regions

    Michael Stuetzer;David B. Audretsch;Martin Obschonka;Samuel D. Gosling

  • Integrating psychological approaches to entrepreneurship: the Entrepreneurial Personality System (EPS)

    Martin Obschonka;Martin Obschonka;Michael Stuetzer;Michael Stuetzer

  • Industry structure, entrepreneurship, and culture: An empirical analysis using historical coalfields

    Michael Stuetzer;Michael Stuetzer;Martin Obschonka;Martin Obschonka;David B. Audretsch;Michael Wyrwich

  • Entrepreneurship as a twenty-first century skill: Entrepreneurial alertness and intention in the transition to adulthood

    Martin Obschonka;Kai Hakkarainen;Kirsti Lonka;Katariina Salmela-Aro

  • Social identity and the transition to entrepreneurship: The role of group identification with workplace peers

    Martin Obschonka;Maximilian Goethner;Rainer K. Silbereisen;Uwe Cantner;Uwe Cantner

  • Personal agency in newly arrived refugees: The role of personality, entrepreneurial cognitions and intentions, and career adaptability

    Martin Obschonka;Elisabeth Hahn;Nida ul Habib Bajwa

  • Entrepreneurial passion: A Review, synthesis, and agenda for future research

    Alexander Newman;Martin Obschonka;Julia Moeller;Gemma Garima Chandan

  • Entrepreneurial Self-Identity: Predictors and Effects Within the Theory of Planned Behavior Framework

    Martin Obschonka;Martin Obschonka;Rainer K. Silbereisen;Uwe Cantner;Uwe Cantner;Maximilian Goethner

  • Entrepreneurial Regions: Do Macro-psychological Cultural Characteristics of Regions help solve the “Knowledge Paradox” of Economics?

    Martin Obschonka;Michael Stuetzer;Samuel D. Gosling;Peter J. Rentfrow

  • Age, culture, and self-employment motivation

    Tommaso Minola;Giuseppe Criaco;Martin Obschonka;Martin Obschonka

  • Unraveling the “passion orchestra” in academia

    Annelore Huyghe;Mirjam Knockaert;Mirjam Knockaert;Martin Obschonka

  • A new perspective on entrepreneurial regions: linking cultural identity with latent and manifest entrepreneurship

    David B. Audretsch;Martin Obschonka;Samuel D. Gosling;Samuel D. Gosling;Jeff Potter

  • Nascent entrepreneurship and the developing individual: Early entrepreneurial competence in adolescence and venture creation success during the career

    Martin Obschonka;Rainer K. Silbereisen;Eva Schmitt-Rodermund;Michael Stuetzer

  • ENTREPRENEURSHIP CULTURE, KNOWLEDGE SPILLOVERS, AND THE GROWTH OF REGIONS (INTERACTIVE PAPER)

    Michael Stuetzer;David B Audretsch;Martin Obschonka;Samuel D. Gosling

Frequent Co-Authors

Rainer K. Silbereisen
Rainer K. Silbereisen Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Samuel D. Gosling
Samuel D. Gosling The University of Texas at Austin
Christian Fisch
Christian Fisch University of Luxembourg
Jeff Potter
Jeff Potter Brown University
Peter J. Rentfrow
Peter J. Rentfrow University of Cambridge
Katariina Salmela-Aro
Katariina Salmela-Aro University of Helsinki
Johannes C. Eichstaedt
Johannes C. Eichstaedt Stanford University
Michael E. Lamb
Michael E. Lamb University of Cambridge
Magnus Sverke
Magnus Sverke Stockholm University
Rolf Sternberg
Rolf Sternberg University of Hannover

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