scholarly journals An Exploratory Study on Personality Traits and Procrastination Among University Students

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chooi Seong Lai
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Exploratory Study

scholarly journals Sports as a Stepping‑Stone for Entrepreneurship: Examining Sports University Students

2018 ◽  
Vol 66 (6) ◽  
pp. 1485-1496 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marian Holienka ◽  
Jana Holienková ◽  
Miroslav Holienka
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
University Students ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Comparison Group ◽  
Survey Instrument ◽  
Environmental Attributes ◽  
Interpersonal Aspect ◽  
University Settings

Sports and entrepreneurship have several common attributes. Therefore, when focusing on entrepreneurship among university students, sports students deserve special attention. The main aim of our exploratory study was to examine personality traits, enterprising tendencies and entrepreneurial propensity of sports students. Our study was based on data gathered through own data collection using a survey instrument comprising of established measures of enterprising tendencies and interpersonal aspect of personality, and items capturing individual’s entrepreneurial propensity and other personal and environmental attributes. We have collected 254 responses from 130 sports and 124 pedagogy students, who served as a comparison group. Our findings show that sports students exhibit higher enterprising tendency, significant differences in four out of eight examined general personality traits, and higher entrepreneurial propensity compared to their pedagogy counterparts. In search of potential origins of these differences and high embeddedness of entrepreneurship among sports students, we explored selected individual attributes as well as environmental factors related to respondents’ personal and university settings. Based on our findings, we develop implications for entrepreneurship encouragement and utilization of enterprising potential in sports student population.

Subclinical Sadism and the Dark Triad

2019 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 127-133 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura K. Johnson ◽  
Rachel A. Plouffe ◽  
Donald H. Saklofske
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
University Students ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Exploratory Factor Analysis ◽  
Convergent Validity ◽  
Dark Triad ◽  
Antisocial Personality ◽  
Factor Solution ◽  
Online Study ◽  
Antisocial Personality Traits

Abstract. The Dark Triad is a constellation of three antisocial personality traits: Machiavellianism, narcissism, and psychopathy. Recently, researchers have introduced a “Dark Tetrad” that includes subclinical sadism, although others suggest considerable overlap between psychopathy and sadism. To clarify the position of sadism within the Dark Triad, an online study was conducted with 615 university students. Exploratory factor analysis revealed that a six-factor solution fit the data best, representing Machiavellianism, psychopathy, physical sadism, verbal sadism, narcissism, and vicarious sadism. Furthermore, convergent validity was supported through sadism’s correlations with the HEXACO personality traits. The results support sadism’s inclusion within the Dark Tetrad as a unique construct but with some conceptual overlap with psychopathy.

The development of international identities in five university students: An exploratory study

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deborah A. Stiles ◽  
Meganne Vaivadas ◽  
Etienne Marais ◽  
Marshall Godschalk ◽  
Elizabeth Viana ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Exploratory Study

Psychographic segmentation of the self-employed: An exploratory study

2010 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 47-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew G. Kenney ◽  
Art Weinstein
Keyword(s):  
Small Business ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Nominal Group Technique ◽  
The Self ◽  
Nominal Group ◽  
Academic Literature ◽  
Self Employment ◽  
Group Technique

Although it is well established in the academic literature that entrepreneurs share common traits, there has been limited research dedicated to evaluating psychographic profiles of the self-employed. Using the Nominal Group Technique, the authors gleaned insight from a panel of experts in an effort to segment the self-employed based on personality traits and the benefits they receive from an entrepreneurial career. The findings show that self-employed individuals can be classified into four distinct segments: Exemplars, Generals, Moms and Dads, and Altruists. Each group derives different benefits from self-employment. Understanding these benefits can greatly assist entrepreneurship educators and marketers of small business oriented products and services.

Factors influencing entrepreneurial intentions the most for university students in Vietnam: educational support, personality traits or TPB components?

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Greeni Maheshwari
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Entrepreneurial Intentions ◽  
Hierarchical Regression ◽  
Individual Factors ◽  
Educational Support ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Personal Attitude ◽  
Need For Power

PurposeThe purpose of the paper is to investigate the influence of personality traits, individual factors and theory of planned behaviour (TPB) components (personal attitude, subjective norms and perceived behavioural control) on entrepreneurial intentions of university students. The study further aims to determine which factors have a higher influence on the entrepreneurial intentions of the students.Design/methodology/approachThe data was collected using an online survey from 164 students studying in universities in Vietnam. The study used confirmatory factor analysis and hierarchical regression to analyse the data.FindingsResults suggested that educational support has no impact on entrepreneurial intentions but individual factors such as self-efficacy, risk propensity and need for power and all the TPB components influenced entrepreneurial intentions. The TPB components had a higher influence on entrepreneurial intentions of students as compared to individual factors.Originality/valueOnly a few studies have been conducted to determine the strength of factors affecting entrepreneurial intensions of the students. This study demonstrates that TPB components have the highest influence on entrepreneurial intentions. Moreover, the study introduces an independent variable, need for power which is rarely used in any such studies and this adds a new component to the already existing research framework and in academic literature.

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