The importance of the human factor in organizations is increasing by being marginalized with effect technology, and managers are expected to show more advanced behavior patterns instead just doing what their roles require. In this study, role proactive personality traits public institution working Hakkâri on transformational leadership was researched. data gathered research were obtained conduc...

The youth unemployment especially among graduates in Nigeria is at all-time high. study explored the moderating role of perceived institutional support relationship between proactive personality and entrepreneurial intentions students. employed survey cross-sectional research design. purposive sampling technique 1000 pieces questionnaire were administered students four federal universities Kadu...

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 ...

The current study compared the relative importance of proactive coping and preventive coping in the adjustment to university life among 403 freshmen at a Chinese university and evaluated the function of proactive coping in the stress process. Participants completed the Future-Oriented Coping Inventory (Gan, Yang, Zhou, & Zhang, 2007), the Student-Life Stress Inventory (Gadzella, 1994), and the ...

In a study, we carried out a validation of the Proactive Personality Scale (PPS; Seibert, Crant, & Kraimer, 1999), that measures the inclination to take action and change the environment to realize one’s goals. Participants were 139 employees, working in two companies. The majority of participants were blue-collar workers. The instrument used was a questionnaire. A 7-item version of the scale w...