The following journal articles, reports and book chapters are the main references to the GET test, providing details of how it was developed and tested.
Reports and book chapters
Caird, S. (1989) Enterprise Competencies. Scottish Enterprise Foundation, Occasional Paper Series No. 65189.
Caird, S. (1989) An Initial Approach To Defining, Teaching And Assessing Enterprise Competencies. Scottish Enterprise Foundation, Working Paper Series No. 03/89.
Caird, S. (1992) Testing Enterprising Tendency In Occupational Groups. DUBS Occasional Paper, 9205, ISBN NO 1 85773 017 8 (Reprinted by permission of John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, from the original publication in the British Journal Of Management, Volume 2, pp. 177-186.)
Caird, S. (2006) General Measure of Enterprising Tendency Version 2 (GET2), Appendix in T. Mazzarol, Entrepreneurship and Innovation Australia: Tilde University Press. May.
Journal Articles
Caird, S. (1990) “Enterprise Competencies: An Agenda for Research.” Journal of European Industrial Training, Vol.14, No.7, pp. 3-9.
Caird (1990) “What Does It Mean To Be Enterprising?” British Journal Of Management, Vol. 1, No. 3., pp 137-147.
Caird, S. (1991a) “Research On The Enterprising Tendency Of Occupational Groups” International Journal Of Small Business, Vol 9, No. 4., pp 75-82.
Caird, S. (1991b) “Testing Enterprising Tendency In Occupational Groups”, British Journal Of Management, Volume 2, pp. 177-186.
Caird, S. (1991c) “Self Assessments On Enterprise Training Courses”, British Journal Of Education And Work, Volume 4, No. 3, pp. 63-80.
Caird, S. (1992) “Problems with The Identification Of Enterprise Competency with the Implications For Assessment And Development”, Management Education And Development, Vol 23, Part 1.
Caird, S. (1992) “Problems with The Identification Of Enterprise Competency with the Implications For Assessment And Development”, Management Education And Development, Vol 23, Part 1.
Caird, S. (1993) “What Do Psychological Tests Tell Us About Entrepreneurs?” Journal of Managerial Psychology, Volume 8, No. 3, pp. 11-20.