KOSGEB Uygulamalı Girişimcilik Eğitimi Alan Üniversite Öğrencilerinin Girişimci Kişilik Özellikleri ve Kariyer Planları Arasındaki İlişki: AKÜ Örneği1 (The Relationship Between Entrepreneurial Personality Characteristics and Career Plans of University Students Undergoing KOSGEB Applied Entrepreneurship Training: The Case of AKU)

This paper aims to examine the relationship of four critical demographic factors, namely, Father’s occupation, Gender, Experience and Level of education on the entrepreneurial intention of Omani university students. The study uses a structured questionnaire to conduct a survey which is administered to the students of Dhofar University. The data collected are analyzed and it is found that there is a high level of intentions among students to start entrepreneurial ventures. Moreover, demographic factors are found to be influencing the entrepreneurial intention. Among the demographic factors experience is found to have the maximum influence on the entrepreneurial interest. The results suggest a need to provide students with on job training for gaining experience along with their educational programs. As an increase in experience will lead to a higher entrepreneurial intention of students and thus the likelyhood of a student becoming an entrepreneur will increase. Furthermore, universities and government should promote entrepreneurship training programs taking into account the Father’s occupation, Gender, Experience and Education Levels of students

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The Effect of University Students’ Individual Innovation and Lifelong Learning Trends on Entrepreneurship Orientation

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su11226201 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 11 (22) ◽

pp. 6201

Author(s):

Ebru Aykan ◽

Gül Karakuş ◽

Hande Karakoç

Keyword(s):

University Students ◽

Lifelong Learning ◽

Positive Relationship ◽

Personality Characteristics ◽

Entrepreneurial Intentions ◽

Important Indicator ◽

Mediating Role ◽

The Relationship

The aim of this study is to investigate the effects that personality characteristics (PC) of university students, as potential entrepreneurs, have on their entrepreneurship intentions (which are an important indicator of whether or not they will start new initiatives), and to determine the mediating role of lifelong learning tendencies. The study’s population consisted of approximately 4000 students at Erciyes University who had relatively high chances of becoming entrepreneurs in total, 924 students were reached. In the research, it was found that the participants’ personality characteristics and sub-dimensions had a significant but positive relationship with their entrepreneurial intentions. In the final findings of this study, it was found that lifelong learning tendencies have a partial mediating role in the relationship between the students’ personality characteristics and entrepreneurship tendencies. At this point, it was observed that the personality characteristics of individuals affect their entrepreneurship intentions; with the introduction of lifelong learning tendencies to the model, the effect of personality characteristics on entrepreneurial intentions decreased but remained significant.

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Integrating and extending competing intention models to understand the entrepreneurial intention of senior university students

Education + Training ◽

10.1108/et-02-2018-0030 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 61 (2) ◽

pp. 234-254 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Riyad Eid ◽

Amgad Badewi ◽

Hassan Selim ◽

Hatem El-Gohary

Keyword(s):

University Students ◽

Structural Equation ◽

Entrepreneurial Intention ◽

Personality Characteristics ◽

Extended Model ◽

Content Type ◽

New Business ◽

Event Model ◽

Survey Strategy ◽

The Relationship

PurposeThe growing interest in the development of entrepreneurial intention (EI) that has increased the importance of theories that explain and anticipate the tendency among individuals to start a new business. However, most of these theories focus on the relationship between entrepreneurs perceptions and their intention and ignore the cognitive and psychological characteristics that might configure their perceptions. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to integrate the theory of planned behaviour (TPB) with the entrepreneurial event model (EEM) and to extend the combined model to include the personality characteristics of an entrepreneur that might shape the perceptions and intentions.Design/methodology/approachThis study uses a sample of 688 senior university students (Emirati nationals, 91.2 per cent and expatriates, 8.8 per cent) and employs positivist research with a quantitative approach, adopting a survey strategy through questionnaires and structural equation modelling.FindingsThe results demonstrate the relevance and robustness of the suggested combined and extended model in the prediction of intention on the part of senior university students to become entrepreneurs (explained variance=73.3 per cent) based on survey data (2017;n= 688).Originality/valueThe main contribution of this paper lies not only in the integration of the TPB and the EEM, but also in extending the two theories on which it is based through adding entrepreneurial personality characteristics and an explanation of the mechanism through which entrepreneurial perceptions and EI develop.

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Emotion Appraisals Predict Neuroticism and Extraversion

Journal of Individual Differences ◽

10.1027/1614-0001/a000149 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 36 (1) ◽

pp. 1-10

Author(s):

Andrew Comensoli ◽

Carolyn MacCann

Keyword(s):

University Students ◽

The State ◽

The Relationship

The current study proposes and refines the Appraisals in Personality (AIP) model in a multilevel investigation of whether appraisal dimensions of emotion predict differences in state neuroticism and extraversion. University students (N = 151) completed a five-factor measure of trait personality, and retrospectively reported seven situations from the previous week, giving state personality and appraisal ratings for each situation. Results indicated that: (a) trait neuroticism and extraversion predicted average levels of state neuroticism and extraversion respectively, and (b) five of the examined appraisal dimensions predicted one, or both of the state neuroticism and extraversion personality domains. However, trait personality did not moderate the relationship between appraisals and state personality. It is concluded that appraisal dimensions of emotion may provide a useful taxonomy for quantifying and comparing situations, and predicting state personality.

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Authoritative Maternal Parenting Associates With the Explicit Need for Autonomy

Journal of Individual Differences ◽

10.1027/1614-0001/a000309 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 41 (2) ◽

pp. 110-116

Author(s):

Jonathan E. Ramsay

Keyword(s):

University Students ◽

Parenting Style ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Perceived Parenting ◽

Maternal Parenting ◽

Retrospective Design ◽

Dependent Variables ◽

Paternal Parenting ◽

The Relationship

Abstract. Previous research suggests that parenting style influences the development of the needs for achievement, power, and affiliation. The present study investigated the relationship between parenting style and another important motive disposition – the need for autonomy – in a sample of Singapore university students ( N = 97, 69% female), using a cross-sectional and retrospective design. It was predicted that an authoritative perceived parenting style would relate positively to the implicit need for autonomy ( nAut), the explicit need for autonomy ( sanAut), and the congruence between these two motive dispositions. Authoritative maternal parenting was found to positively associate with sanAut, while maternal parenting was not found to associate with nAut, or with nAut/ sanAut congruence. Paternal parenting was not associated with any of the dependent variables.

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