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JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT POLICY AND PRACTICE

Convergence, Divergence or Middle of the Path: HRM Model for Oman

Author(s): Sami A. Khan

Citation: Sami A. Khan, (2010) "Convergence, Divergence or Middle of the Path: HRM Model for Oman," Journal of Management Policy and Practice, Vol. 12, Iss. 1, pp. 64 - 75

Article Type: Research paper

Publisher: North American Business Press

Abstract:

Recent evidence from a large cross-national study on the level of entrepreneurial activity of 40 countries

has established that 80 percent of those who implement start-ups also hold outside paid jobs. To explain

part-time entrepreneurship, I develop a model in which individuals become part-time entrepreneurs

because they do not know their entrepreneurial ability ahead of time. Better entrepreneurs manage to

transform their start-ups into successfully operating businesses; those with lower entrepreneurial ability

withdraw. The model gives rise to industry selection and agrees with the empirical evidence from the

Panel Study of Entrepreneurial Dynamics (PSED).