Successful Entrepreneurship as Developmental Outcome

2011 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 174-186 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Obschonka ◽  
Rainer K. Silbereisen ◽  
Eva Schmitt-Rodermund
Keyword(s):  
Big Five ◽  
Role Models ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Current Data ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Authoritative Parenting ◽  
Venture Creation ◽  
Entrepreneurial Success ◽  
Entrepreneurial Skills ◽  
Age Appropriate

Applying a lifespan approach of human development, this study examined pathways to entrepreneurial success by analyzing retrospective and current data. Along the lines of McClelland’s ideas of early entrepreneurship development and Rauch and Frese’s Giessen-Amsterdam model on venture success, we investigated the roles of founders’ adolescent years (early role models, authoritative parenting, and early entrepreneurial competence), personality traits (Big Five pattern), and entrepreneurial skills and growth goals during venture creation. Findings were derived from structural equation modeling studying two comparable samples of founders (N = 531) and nascent founders (N = 100) from Germany. Across both samples, reports on age-appropriate entrepreneurial competence in adolescence and an entrepreneurial Big Five profile predicted entrepreneurial skills during venture creation, which in turn predicted founders’ setting of ambitious growth goals and entrepreneurial success. Early entrepreneurial competence was related to the availability of entrepreneurial role models and authoritative parenting during adolescence as well as to an entrepreneurial Big Five profile. In line with prospective reports on early precursors of entrepreneurship, the findings illuminate the development of entrepreneurship in general and entrepreneurial success in particular over the lifespan, especially with regard to factors relevant in the adolescent years and the interplay with personality across different developmental periods.

Further Validity of the Japanese Version of the Ten Item Personality Inventory (TIPI-J)

2014 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 236-244 ◽  
Author(s):  
Atsushi Oshio ◽  
Shingo Abe ◽  
Pino Cutrone ◽  
Samuel D. Gosling
Keyword(s):  
Big Five ◽  
Content Validity ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
English Language ◽  
Full Range ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Japanese Version ◽  
Personality Inventory ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Big Five Personality

The Ten Item Personality Inventory (TIPI; Gosling, Rentfrow, & Swann, 2003 ) is a widely used very brief measure of the Big Five personality dimensions. Oshio, Abe, and Cutrone (2012) have developed a Japanese version of the TIPI (TIPI-J), which demonstrated acceptable levels of reliability and validity. Until now, all studies examining the validity of the TIPI-J have been conducted in the Japanese language; this reliance on a single language raises concerns about the instrument’s content validity because the instrument could demonstrate reliability (e.g., retest) and some forms of validity (e.g., convergent) but still not capture the full range of the dimensions as originally conceptualized in English. Therefore, to test the content validity of the Japanese TIPI with respect to the original Big Five formulation, we examine the convergence between scores on the TIPI-J and scores on the English-language Big Five Inventory (i.e., the BFI-E), an instrument specifically designed to optimize Big Five content coverage. Two-hundred and twenty-eight Japanese undergraduate students, who were all learning English, completed the two instruments. The results of correlation analyses and structural equation modeling demonstrate the theorized congruence between the TIPI-J and the BFI-E, supporting the content validity of the TIPI-J.

scholarly journals Understanding the Antecedents and Consequences of Green Human Capital

SAGE Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 215824402098886
Author(s):  
Yin Ma ◽  
Shih-Chih Chen ◽  
Athapol Ruangkanjanases
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Human Capital ◽  
Big Five ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Outcome Variable ◽  
Big Five Personality ◽  
Important Indicator

Green human capital (GHC) is regarded as one of the primary attributes individuals need to develop in the era of environmental degradation. Many existing studies indicate that it is probably an important indicator of employees’ satisfaction in the workplace. Thus, based on trait theory and ability–motivation–opportunity theory, the current study examines the antecedents and outcomes of GHC among 630 employees from the manufacturing and service companies in Guangdong Province. The research employs Big Five personality and green training as the predictors of GHC, and job satisfaction as the outcome variable. Partial least squares structural equation modeling is used to analyze the data. The findings show that, in Big Five personality domains, only agreeableness and openness have a positive as well as significant impact on the individuals’ GHC, and that green training also has a positive influence on the GHC. GHC has a positive impact on the employees’ job satisfaction. The research findings and managerial implications are then discussed in detail.

Interaction of Potential and Effective Entrepreneurial Capabilities in Adolescents: Modeling Youth Entrepreneurship Structure Using Structural Equation Modeling

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lilia Angélica Campo ◽  
Paola Amar ◽  
Enohemit Olivero
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation Modeling ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Complex Nature ◽  
Evaluation Instrument ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Entrepreneurship Training ◽  
Personal Traits ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Entrepreneurial Skills

Abstract This article emphasizes entrepreneurial skills in adolescents, in order to determine the relationship between entrepreneurial skills (dependent variable) and the key factors for their development: personal, social, and educational (independent variables). It has an empirical‒analytical design which is explanatory in nature. After the design, validation, and application of the evaluation instrument, the estimation was carried out using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). The results show great impact of potential entrepreneurial capacity on effective entrepreneurial capacity, determined by the direct effect of personal traits and life skills, the family as a moderating element, as well as the mediating role of entrepreneurship training processes. The complex nature of entrepreneurship is highlighted, which is influenced by multiple factors as possible boosters for the success of entrepreneurial initiatives.

scholarly journals “I Want to Be Like You!”: The Influence of Role Models on Entrepreneurial Intention

2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (02) ◽  
pp. 113-153 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katharina Fellnhofer ◽  
Susan Mueller
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation Modeling ◽  
Significant Influence ◽  
Role Models ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Central Element ◽  
Entrepreneurial Intention ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Comprehensive Understanding ◽  
Entrepreneurship Research ◽  
Event Model

Explaining individual’s entrepreneurial intention is a central element in entrepreneurship research. The purpose of this paper is to illustrate that role models have an indirect effect on students’ entrepreneurial intention. We draw on a sample of 266 individuals and apply structural equation modeling. Our results show that role models have a positive and significant influence on entrepreneurial intention via the antecedents described in the theory of planned behavior, the entrepreneurial event model, and the integrated version of these models. With our study, we aim to contribute to a more comprehensive understanding of the path through which role models influence entrepreneurial intention.

THE BIG FIVE PERSONALITY OF THE SME MANAGER AND THEIR COMPANY’S PERFORMANCE

2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (04) ◽  
pp. 1850021
Author(s):  
JASNA AUER ANTONCIC ◽  
BOSTJAN ANTONCIC ◽  
DARJA KOBAL GRUM ◽  
MITJA RUZZIER
Keyword(s):  
Personality Traits ◽  
Big Five ◽  
Value Creation ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Business Performance ◽  
Big Five Personality Traits ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Big Five Personality ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Representative Random Sample

This study addresses a certain research issue: how do the Big Five personality traits of managers of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) impact the business performance of companies? A representative random sample of managers of SMEs in Slovenia was used for data collection through survey research. Hypotheses and the model were tested using structural equation modeling. A valuable contribution is made in the form of a new model of Big Five personality induced SME growth, profitability and new value creation. Openness of managers can be predictive of growth and new value creation of their companies, with the new value creation impact especially expressed in female-managed companies. Conscientiousness may not be crucial for performance, except for new value creation in females where this relationship can be negative. Extraversion can predict the growth and profitability. Agreeableness can have negative effects on all performance elements. Neuroticism can be predictive of growth and profitability. Practitioners must be aware of the importance of managers’ Big Five personality traits for SME performance. Where possible, managers may like to develop their levels of openness, extraversion, non-agreeableness and neuroticism.

scholarly journals Is the Short Version of the Big Five Inventory (BFI-S) Applicable for Use in Telephone Surveys?

2016 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 601-618 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oliver A. Brust ◽  
Sabine Häder ◽  
Michael Häder
Keyword(s):  
Big Five ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Short Version ◽  
Big Five Personality ◽  
Telephone Surveys ◽  
Big Five Inventory ◽  
Landline Telephone

Abstract The inclusion of psychological indicators in survey research has become more common because they offer the possibility of explaining much of the variance in sociological variables. The Big Five personality dimensions in particular are often used to explain opinions, attitudes, and behavior. However, the short versions of the Big Five Inventory (BFI-S) were developed for face-to-face surveys. Studies have shown distortions in the identification of the Big Five factor structure in subsamples of older respondents in landline telephone surveys. We applied the same BFI-S but with a shorter rating scale in a telephone survey with two subsamples (landline and mobile phone). Using exploratory structural equation modeling (ESEM), we identified the Big Five structure in the subsamples and the age groups. This finding leads us to conclude that the BFI-S is a powerful means of including personality characteristics in telephone surveys.

scholarly journals Predicting internalizing problems in Chinese children: The unique and interactive effects of parenting and child temperament

2013 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 653-667 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luma Muhtadie ◽  
Qing Zhou ◽  
Nancy Eisenberg ◽  
Yun Wang
Keyword(s):  
Parenting Styles ◽  
Internalizing Problems ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Effortful Control ◽  
Child Temperament ◽  
Chinese Children ◽  
Interactive Effects ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Authoritative Parenting ◽  
Authoritarian Parenting

AbstractThe additive and interactive relations of parenting styles (authoritative and authoritarian parenting) and child temperament (anger/frustration, sadness, and effortful control) to children's internalizing problems were examined in a 3.8-year longitudinal study of 425 Chinese children (aged 6–9 years) from Beijing. At Wave 1, parents self-reported on their parenting styles, and parents and teachers rated child temperament. At Wave 2, parents, teachers, and children rated children's internalizing problems. Structural equation modeling indicated that the main effect of authoritative parenting and the interactions of Authoritarian Parenting × Effortful Control and Authoritative Parenting × Anger/Frustration (parents' reports only) prospectively and uniquely predicted internalizing problems. The above results did not vary by child sex and remained significant after controlling for co-occurring externalizing problems. These findings suggest that (a) children with low effortful control may be particularly susceptible to the adverse effect of authoritarian parenting and (b) the benefit of authoritative parenting may be especially important for children with high anger/frustration.

scholarly journals FAKTOR YANG BERPENGARUH TERHADAP KOMPETENSI ENTREPRENEUR

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Helena Sidharta ◽  
Ruswiati Surya Saputra ◽  
Noor Azizi B. Ismail
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation Modeling ◽  
Parenting Style ◽  
Big Five ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Important Variable ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Big Five Personality ◽  
Literature Study ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
The Relationship

Entrepreneurial competence is an important variable that affects the success of an entrepreneur. Factors affecting entrepreneurial competence need to be researched because of strong competence needed by an entrepreneur to achieve success. Based on the literature study, education, entrepreneurial personality and parenting style are indicated to influence entrepreneurial competence. Further studies show that entrepreneurial personality and parenting style require further research because the relationship between these two variables and entrepreneurial competence needs to be understood more deeply. The result of this research is proposition development to further test the relationship between entrepreneurial personality, parenting style, and entrepreneurial competence. Furthermore, based on indicators used in previous studies, testing is suggested using structural equation modeling (SEM) because entrepreneurial personality is measured using Big Five Personality and entrepreneurial competence is measured using indicators from Man & Lau (2000) so that the indicators of both variables included in the unobserved variabl

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