1. ¹Department of Management, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
2. ²The University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, School of Business Administration, Milwaukee, USA

Correspondence: VP Lau, Department of Management, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Room 301B, Leung Kau Kui Building, Shatin, Hong Kong. Tel: +852 2609 7842; Fax: +852 2603 5104; E-mail: victorlau@cuhk.edu.hk

Received 19 March 2004; Revised 9 March 2006; Accepted 10 April 2006; Published online 18 January 2007.

Abstract

We conducted a series of studies to conceptualize, operationalize, and validate entrepreneurial career success from a Chinese perspective. For Study 1, we defined constructs based on interpretations of Hong Kong entrepreneurs. In Study 2 (Hong Kong entrepreneurs) and Study 3 (Shanghai entrepreneurs and their employees), we developed and validated measures. Guided primarily by social identity theory, we mapped the criterion space and tested etic and emic predictors of career success.