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An analysis of the start-up strategies and characteristics of consultants in human resource development compared to those of entrepreneurs in other businesses
Abstract
The objectives of this study were to determine (1) how the demographic characteristics of HRD consultants compared to those of entrepreneurs in other businesses, (2) how the entrepreneurial characteristics of HRD consultants compared to those of entrepreneurs in other businesses, and (3) how the entrepreneurial start-up strategies of HRD consultants compared to those of entrepreneurs in other businesses. The population of this study was the HRD consulting agencies listed in the 1993 American Society for Training and Development (ASTD) Buyer's Guide and Consultant Director. The random sample was composed of Presidents/CEOs of the HRD consulting agencies. The research questions of this study required the assessment of the strengths of the relative entrepreneurial preferences, start-up strategies, and demographics of the respondents. An instrument, the Carland Entrepreneurship Index, was used to yield an index of entrepreneurship and The Ronstadt Instrument 2b was utilized to consider start-up strategies. Demographic variables were assessed. The analysis of the data related to the demographic characteristics of the respondents to this study revealed that the sales, number of employees, business form, role of start-up respondent, education, age of business, ownership objective, and technical background had no significant effect on the responses of the participants to the demographic variables. Further investigation disclosed that the Presidents/CEOs of the HRD consulting agencies were entrepreneurial in nature and that the distinctions in start-up strategies in the current research were minimal when compared to other studies.
Subject Area
Management|Business community
Recommended Citation
Conley, William Lester, "An analysis of the start-up strategies and characteristics of consultants in human resource development compared to those of entrepreneurs in other businesses" (1994). ETD collection for University of Nebraska-Lincoln. AAI9507807.
https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/dissertations/AAI9507807