Personality Traits on Entrepreneurial Intention

Karabulut, Ahu Tuğba

doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2016.07.109

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“…Karabulut [37], explored in his research the effects of the personality Traits namely; Internal locus of control, need for achievement, risk tolerance, and entrepreneurial alertness, on the entrepreneurial intention, that the personality traits had a positive effect on the entrepreneurial intention. Khuong and An [38], examined the effects of personal traits (internal locus of control, risk-taking propensity, autonomy, tolerance of ambiguity, the need for autonomy, energy level, creativity and need for achievement), prior entrepreneurial experience, external environment, social norm and perceived feasibility on entrepreneurship intention through the positive and negative perception toward entrepreneurship.…”

Section: Entrepreneurial Psychological Traits Approachmentioning

confidence: 99%

Factors That Influence Entrepreneurial Intention within University Students in Egypt

Sharaf¹,

El-Gharbawy²,

Ragheb³

2018

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The current research aims to propose a framework of the effects of behavioral factors of theory of planned behavior and psychological traits factors on students' entrepreneurial intention, measuring the size of effect, the circumstances under which the effect is clearly observed and studying the weighted effect of each of the behavior and traits elements. A questionnaire was adopted from previous studies and directed to students in the Egyptian universities. A total number of 430 respondents were considered and data were analyzed using AMOS through conducting SEM models for examining the effect of behavior and traits. Results showed that there is a significant effect of attitude toward behavior on students' entrepreneurial intention, while there is an insignificant effect of traits.

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Section: Entrepreneurial Psychological Traits Approachmentioning

confidence: 99%

Factors That Influence Entrepreneurial Intention within University Students in Egypt

Sharaf¹,

El-Gharbawy²,

Ragheb³

2018

OALib

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“…Küttim et al [10] believes that the intention of starting a personal business is a signal of the future entrepreneur. Recently, Karabulut [11], confirm the idea that it is up to the individuals to choose their own careers. He adds that those who intend to be entrepreneurs generally plan to take entrepreneurial risks and collect the resources needed to set up their own businesses.…”

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confidence: 94%

The Young Engineers’ Entrepreneurial Triggering

Maalej¹

2017

Int J Econ Manag Sci

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“…This study focuses on need for achievement, locus of control, and risk tolerance as important personality factors in predicting students" entrepreneurial behavioral intentions. These factors have been examined in similar studies in the Middle Eastern context (Karimi, et al, 2017;Karabulut, 2016)…”

Section: Personality Factorsmentioning

confidence: 97%

النیة الریادیة بین اللطاب الجامعیین السعودیین: دور السمات الشخصیة الشخصیة والخصائص الدیموغرافیة والدعم الحکومی (باللغة الانجلیزیة)

الشقاوي¹

2019

مجلة کلیة التجارة للبحوث العلمیة.جامعة الإسکندریة

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Managing economic development process without entrepreneurial activities is like trying to drive a car without fuel. Governments in developed and developing countries have been trying to boost entrepreneurial activities by offering direct and indirect support. In this regard, researchers have been trying to highlight different factors that contribute to enhance entrepreneurial activityes. Therefore, the aim of this study is to investigate the effects of personality traits, demographic factors and government support on entrepreneurial intentions among Saudi university students. Data was collected from 802 final year university students by using convenient sampling method. Multiple regression and t-test with SPSS 20 were used to analyze the data. Findings of this study reveal that female students have lower entrepreneurial intentions as compare to male students. In addition, with reference to education major, students with major in business have higher entrepreneurial intention as compare to students with non-business major. Similarly, students with prior entrepreneurial experience have higher entrepreneurial intentions as compare to their counterpart.The findings of this study also explain that students who have family business display higher entrepreneurial intentions as compare to students without family business. Finally, results of this study reveal that the need of achievement and locus of control are the personality traits that affect entrepreneurial intentions most significantly. In addition, government support significantly influence entrepreneurial intentions of students in Saudi universities. Implications for entrepreneurial researchers, policy makers at government level and top management in universities have been discussed.

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Personality Traits on Entrepreneurial Intention

Cited by 227 publications

References 7 publications

Factors That Influence Entrepreneurial Intention within University Students in Egypt

Factors That Influence Entrepreneurial Intention within University Students in Egypt

The Young Engineers’ Entrepreneurial Triggering

النیة الریادیة بین اللطاب الجامعیین السعودیین: دور السمات الشخصیة الشخصیة والخصائص الدیموغرافیة والدعم الحکومی (باللغة الانجلیزیة)

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