Introduction

This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book deals with ethical orientation and effectiveness, a process view of entrepreneurship, and organization development and success rates. It discusses the relationship between an organization's ethical orientation and its preparation for crises before and after 9/11. The book presents a process-based view of entrepreneurship which suggests that different variables may well influence entrepreneurs' activities and outcomes during different phases of new venture development and that the impact of specific variables may change considerably across these phases. It provides attitudes and behavior in contemporary organizations and their outcomes. The book also deals with attempts to regulate corporate and government corruptions and crisis in corporate governance in the United States and other countries. It utilizes the self-regulatory theory to explain differences between self-employed and organizational employees in preferred job characteristics and job-related stresses.