Michael Frese

Head of Department, Professor
Management & Organisation
National University of Singapore
Singapore

Biography

Prof. Frese received his Diploma and Doctorate from the Free University of Berlin and Technical University Berlin respectively and holds a joint appointment at National University of Singapore, Business School and Leuphana University of Lueneburg (Germany). Before that, he held a chair for work and organizational psychology at University of Giessen and also taught at London Business School. Prior appointments were at Bremen, University of Pennsylvania, Munich and Amsterdam (UvA). In addition he lectured internationally – USA (several visiting professorships), Sweden, Zimbabwe, Brazil, China (Visiting Professor at Zheijang Univ), Uganda (visiting professor at Markerere University Business School), and elsewhere.

Research Intrest

Basic And Applied Topics Of Organizational Behavior Entrepreneurship Innovation Studies On Errors, Error Management And Error Management Culture Training: The Concept Of Error Training, Leadership Training And Psychological Training For Increasing Entrepreneurial Success And Personal Initiative. Cultural Factors In Organization And Across Nations: As Well As Psychological Success Factors In Entrepreneurs In Developing Countries (africa, Latin America, And Asia) And In Europe.

List of Publications
Personal Initiative Training for Business Owners, with Hass J and Friedrich C (2016), Journal of Business Venturing Insights, 5, 27-36, New internet based journal DOI: 10.1016/j.jbvi.2016.01.001
Unpacking the personal initiative - performance reltionship: A multi-group analysis of rural and urban Ugandan entrepreneurs, with Rooks G and Sserwanga A (2016), Applied Psychology: An International Review, 65, 99-131, DOI: 10.1111/apps.12033
The effectiveness of cohesive and diversified networks: A meta-analysis, with Rauch A, Rosenbusch N and Unger J (2016), Journal of Business Research, 69, 554-568
Psychological Training for Entrepreneurs to Take Action: Contributing to Poverty Reduction in Developing Countires, with Gielnik M and Mensmann M (2016), Current Directions in Psychological Science, 25, 196-202

Global Scientific Words in Business and Management