ear Editor, As we know, individual differences play an important role in entrepreneurship ability (Zhao & Seibert, 2006). Some studies have found significant correlations between individuals' personality and entrepreneurship (White, et. al., 2006, 2007; Furnham and Nederstrom, 2010). Personality characteristics such as tolerance for risk, preference for autonomy, and innovativeness are importan...

Literature relating to personality and entrepreneurship focused largely on the personality characteristics of general entrepreneurs. The focus of a study done in South Africa was on personality characteristics and temperaments of potential Information and Communication Technology (ICT) entrepreneurs. The main objective of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness and usefullness of using pers...

This study explored the relationship between individual differences and behavioral intentions toward entrepreneurial careers, defined here as owning one's own business. Of particular interest was a recent innovation in the individual differences literature -the proactive personality scale. Using a sample of 181 students, entrepreneurial intentions were found to be significantly associated with ...

In recent years the topic of entrepreneurship has become a major focus in the social sciences, with renewed interest in the links between personality and entrepreneurship. Taking a socioecological perspective to psychology, which emphasizes the role of social habitats and their interactions with mind and behavior, we investigated regional variation in and correlates of an entrepreneurship-prone...

In recent years the topic of entrepreneurship has become a major focus in the social sciences, with renewed interest in the links between personality and entrepreneurship. Taking a socioecological perspective to psychology, which emphasizes the role of social habitats and their interactions with mind and behavior, we investigated regional variation in and correlates of an entrepreneurship-prone...

Research has established a number of personality features and behaviours associated with business creation and success. The similarities between these traits and narcissism, a concept with roots in clinical psychology and psychiatry, led the authors to conduct this study, which proposes to measure whether entrepreneurs score higher on a narcissism scale than other vocational groups. The second ...

In this study, the authors used meta-analytical techniques to examine the relationship between personality and entrepreneurial status. Personality variables used in previous studies were categorized according to the five-factor model of personality. Results indicate significant differences between entrepreneurs and managers on 4 personality dimensions such that entrepreneurs scored higher on Co...

Searching for the Entrepreneurial Personality: New Evidence and Avenues for Further Research What makes the entrepreneurial personality is the key question we seek to answer in the special issue of the Journal of Economic Psychology on “Personality and Entrepreneurship”. The contributions are clustered around questions regarding the linkage between personality, socio-economic factors and entrep...

The main objective of the study was to evaluate the efficacy of personality characteristics as identifiers of potential ICT entrepreneurship. The personality characteristics of the participants were measured on the Keirsey Temperament Sorter, a proven research instrument. Two entrepreneurial tests were used to determine entrepreneurial ability. The temperament of the individuals was ascertained...

entrepreneurship is very important in order to creating jobs for the unemployed and educated youth. as regards educated youth have fewer tendencies to self-employment and investment in this context. therefore this study was performed with the objective investigating personality skills of entrepreneurial of rural youth and suggest solutions for strengthen these skills in gonbad-e-kavous county. ...