The Entrepreneurial Personality in Relation to Holland's Occupational Types

Social cognitive determinants of entrepreneurial career choice in university students

“…In effect, the perceived likelihood of obtaining the given rewards might affect interests only when personal value is attributed to such outcomes (Ajzen, 2002;Moriano et al, 2012;Vroom, 1964), depending on the level of congruence between entrepreneurship and the student's dominant interest. So, in business and the hard sciences, entrepreneurial tasks and processes are close to the scope of undergraduate vocational preferences (Almeida et al, 2014;Fraboni and Saltstone, 1990), which are more likely to positively assess the value of becoming an entrepreneur to meet personal needs related to satisfaction, self-fulfillment, or personal learning. Therefore, intrinsic outcome expectations would enhance entrepreneurial interest as a choice that is compatible with dominant career preferences.…”

“…Certainly, the nature of entrepreneurship is hardly uniform across disciplines (Martinelli et al, 2008), as the exploited business idea is frequently linked to the degree category and the individual's professional prospects (McLarty, 2005). In this respect, entrepreneurship entails tasks and processes that are more congruent with the dominant interests in areas with an evident focus on commercialization and innovation activities -such as business and the hard sciences (Almeida et al, 2014;Fraboni and Saltstone, 1990). By contrast, in disciplines in which self-employment is not a common career choice, student entrepreneurial interest must compete with fewer complementary interests.…”

Who Wants to Be an Entrepreneur? The Relationship Between Vocational Interests and Individual Differences in Entrepreneurship

“…It is therefore likely that interest will be significant predictors of career-related behaviors, including entrepreneurship. However, few studies have looked at this relationship, especially looking at entrepreneurship beyond business start-ups (e.g., Fraboni & Saltstone, 1990; Schmitt-Rodermund, 2004). Accordingly, the first aim of the current study is to address this gap in the literature by investigating the validity of vocational interest as predictors of a wider range of entrepreneurial activities.…”