scholarly journals Determinants Of Personality Traits Influence On Entrepreneurial Intentions Among Agricultural Students Evidence From Two Different Economies

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ghulam Raza Sargani ◽  
Deyi Zhou ◽  
Tehmina Mangan ◽  
Habibullah Rajper
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Survey Methodology ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Entrepreneurial Intentions ◽  
Living Standard ◽  
Need For Achievement ◽  
Entrepreneurial Alertness ◽  
Self Employment

Unemployment is a significant problem considered in many emerging economies. The joblessness mishap, especially in massive youth populace countries like China and Pakistan, which recently facing challenging situations in job creation. The youths are key players to create a vital role in the devotion to self-employment, to achieve financial independence and benefits to the economy. Entrepreneurship is a genuine alternative to escalation living standard among masses. In essential prospective entrepreneurship in the agricultural sector to be equipped, especially for faculty students to solve the problem of unemployment from rural graduates. The purpose of this research study to evaluate personality traits influence on entrepreneurial intentions among agricultural graduates profession choice in agriculture as a self-employment avenue to become an entrepreneur in the future. To this study, primary survey methodology used on a voluntary based participant’s sample, consisting of 640 graduate students. The data collected from Sindh Agriculture University (SAU) Pakistan and Huazhong Agricultural University (HZAU) China. This study employed entrepreneurial intention, dependent variable on alertness, creativity, locus of control, risk-taking propensity, and need for achievement, with set control variables. Accumulated data analyzed by using multiple coefficient regressions analysis descriptive statistics and independent t-Tests. Conferring to results, overall reliability 0.86 found a significant favorable influence of entrepreneurial intentions among graduates. Higher entrepreneurial alertness, intense creativity, moderate propensity to take the risk, more significant locus of control and superior need for achievement, compared with individuals who do not possess such intentions between male and female of China and Pakistan students towards agriculture

Engine of entrepreneurial intentions: revisiting personality traits with entrepreneurial education

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Abhijeet Biswas ◽  
Rohit Kumar Verma
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Big Five ◽  
Big Five Personality Traits ◽  
Entrepreneurial Intentions ◽  
Big Five Personality ◽  
Need For Achievement ◽  
Entrepreneurial Education ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Management Students

PurposeThe intent to start an entrepreneurial venture is predisposed by certain personality traits. The study aims to analyze the impact of various identified personality traits and entrepreneurial education on entrepreneurial intentions of management students.Design/methodology/approachThe data for the study were gathered from 440 students of top 5 management institutes in India. The study used a cross-sectional design and structured questionnaire based on seven-point Likert scale and was administered employing a purposive sampling method. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was utilized to validate posited hypotheses in the study.FindingsThe study discerns that apart from agreeableness dimension of personality traits, all remaining identified dimensions along with entrepreneurial education had a significant influence on entrepreneurial intentions of management students with need for achievement emerging as the most important enabler. Conscientiousness was the major dimension among big five personality traits bearing a positive influence, while neuroticism registered a negative impact on entrepreneurial intentions. In addition, results bespeak that entrepreneurial education partially mediates the effect of need for achievement, locus of control and innovativeness on entrepreneurial intentions.Research limitations/implicationsThe compendious model proffered in the study might be helpful for students, educators, consultants, financial institutions and policymakers in appreciating the gravity of underlying personality traits.Originality/valueThere is a dearth of research on big five personality traits and entrepreneurial education as enablers of entrepreneurial intentions. The study attempts to integrate big five personality traits model with dimensions of need for achievement, locus of control, innovativeness and entrepreneurial education for management students in India.

Attitude and Alertness in Personality Traits: A Pathway to Building Entrepreneurial Intentions Among University Students

2021 ◽  
pp. 097135572110256
Author(s):  
Abhijeet Biswas ◽  
Rohit Kumar Verma
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
New Ventures ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Entrepreneurial Intentions ◽  
Need For Achievement ◽  
Entrepreneurial Alertness ◽  
Entrepreneurial Attitude ◽  
The One

The entrepreneurial intentions of individuals play a phenomenal role in establishment of new ventures, which in turn facilitates economic development. The study aims to identify the various dimensions of personality traits along with several other precursors of entrepreneurial intentions and investigates impact of the identified factors on entrepreneurial intentions of top five university students in India. The data for research were collected through a structured questionnaire employing a 7-point Likert scale based on purposive sampling technique. The identified constructs considered to be determinants of entrepreneurial intentions were need for achievement, locus of control, risk-taking propensity, innovativeness, self-efficacy, proactiveness, perseverance, entrepreneurial alertness and entrepreneurial attitude. The findings of the study reveal that ‘need for achievement’ was the most significant precursor of entrepreneurial intentions; whereas, ‘entrepreneurial alertness’ and ‘entrepreneurial attitude’ dimensions of personality traits were also found to have a positive correlation with entrepreneurial intentions of university students. Moreover, entrepreneurial alertness partially mediates the relationship between self-efficacy and proactiveness on the one hand and entrepreneurial intentions on the other.

Personality, Prior Knowledge, Social Capital and Entrepreneurial Intentions: Entrepreneurial Alertness as Mediator

2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 68-78
Author(s):  
Wei Lee Lim ◽  
Yvonne Lean-Ee Lee ◽  
Ravindran Ramasamy
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Prior Knowledge ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Entrepreneurial Intention ◽  
Jel Classification ◽  
Entrepreneurial Intentions ◽  
Mediation Effect ◽  
Kuala Lumpur ◽  
Entrepreneurial Alertness

Objective – This empirical study aims to examine the role of entrepreneurial alertness as a mediator to personality traits, prior knowledge and social capital in influencing the potential of entrepreneurial intention. Methodology/Technique – A total of 212 questionnaires were personally distributed in the Kuala Lumpur area. The data were analyzed using structural equation modelling (SEM) employing the Baron and Kenny method with the bootstrapping method in testing for mediation effect. Findings – The findings concluded that there are significant relationships between the three variables; prior knowledge, social capital and personality traits with the entrepreneurial intention which is mediated by entrepreneurial alertness. Social capital and prior knowledge in the form of entrepreneurships courses and entrepreneurial experience have a positive relationship with entrepreneurial intention and hence attention should be directed towards them. Novelty – Demonstrate the originality or value of the paper which makes it different from prior studies. Type of Paper: Empirical Keywords: Entrepreneurial intention; Alertness; Prior knowledge; Social capital; Personality; Mediator. JEL Classification: L26, L31.

scholarly journals FACTORS AFFECTING ENTREPRENEURIAL INTENTIONS AMONG COLLEGE STUDENT

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 79-86
Author(s):  
Trisna Sary Lewaru
Keyword(s):  
College Student ◽  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Linear Regression Analysis ◽  
Multiple Linear Regression Analysis ◽  
Entrepreneurial Intention ◽  
Entrepreneurial Intentions ◽  
Need For Achievement ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Independent Variables

ABSTRACT This study aims to analyze the factors that influence entrepreneurial intentions among college student. The five independent variables was used include need for achievement, locus of control, self-efficacy, instrumental readiness, entrepreneurship experience. Sample in this research is students on Pattimura University totaling 160 people. Multiple linear regression analysis was used to measure this study. The results of this study indicate that need for achievement, locus of control, entrepreneurship experience have no effect on the intentions of entrepreneurial among students. Whereas instrumental readiness and self-efficacy variable has positive and significant effect on entrepreneurial intention between students of Pattimura University. Keywords : Entrepreneurship, Intentions

scholarly journals Big Five personality traits impact on entrepreneurial intention: the mediating role of entrepreneurial alertness

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Suleiman Awwad ◽  
Rana Mohammad Najati Al-Aseer
Keyword(s):  
Personality Traits ◽  
Big Five ◽  
Entrepreneurial Intention ◽  
Big Five Personality Traits ◽  
Entrepreneurial Intentions ◽  
Big Five Personality ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Entrepreneurial Alertness

Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of the Big Five personality traits on the entrepreneurial intentions of undergrad university students in Jordan. It further investigates the mediating role of entrepreneurial alertness. Design/methodology/approach A quantitative survey method was conducted with a convenience sample of Jordanian university students. A total of 323 valid questionnaires were received and analyzed. A structural equation modeling with partial least square (PLS) is used to analyze data. Findings Results revealed that conscientiousness, openness and alertness were associated with entrepreneurial intention. Extraversion and openness were associated with alertness, while agreeableness and neuroticism were unrelated to either outcome. Finally, alertness mediates the relationship between extraversion and openness with entrepreneurial intention. Originality/value There is a lack of previous studies investigating the relationship between the Big Five personality traits and students’ entrepreneurial intentions in Jordan, particularly the role of mediating variables in this relationship. This study is considered the first one that examined the mediating role of entrepreneurial alertness in the relationship between personality traits and entrepreneurial intentions.

ENTREPRENEURSHIP BY FRANCHISING: DIFFERENTIATING FRANCHISEES FROM INDEPENDENT ENTREPRENEURS BY SELECTED PERSONALITY TRAITS

1996 ◽  
Vol 04 (01) ◽  
pp. 37-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
NERILEE HING
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Empirical Data ◽  
Need For Achievement ◽  
Ambiguity Tolerance ◽  
Internal Locus ◽  
Internal Locus Of Control ◽  
Different Types

This article explores the notion that different types of entrepreneurs exist, distinguishable not only by the types of business activities undertaken, but also by certain personality traits they possess. Selected personality traits of franchised entrepreneurs are compared to those of independent entrepreneurs using empirical data from 127 franchised owner-managers from ten restaurant franchises. The study findings suggest that, while high need for achievement motivates entrepreneurial endeavours of various types, the distinctive conditions of franchising mean that franchisees neither possess, nor require, such high degrees of internal locus of control and ambiguity tolerance as do independent entrepreneurs.

scholarly journals The Effect of Need for Achievement, Locus of Control and Attitudes towards Student Entrepreneurial Intentions in SMKN 1 Batanghari

The Winners ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Herry Sofyandy Pranata ◽  
Khairinal Khairinal ◽  
Denny Denmar
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Entrepreneurial Intention ◽  
Entrepreneurial Intentions ◽  
Need For Achievement ◽  
Analysis Model ◽  
Normality Test ◽  
Kolmogorov Smirnov ◽  
The One ◽  
Attitudes Toward Students ◽  
Linearity Test

High unemployment rate, especially from SMK graduates, and the lack of entrepreneurship in Indonesia have prompted many parties to find out solutions. It is very important in fostering graduates who are ready to become entrepreneurs. The research aimed to investigate the influence of need for achievement, locus of control and attitudes toward entrepreneurial intentions of students of SMK Negeri 1 Batang Hari. Data analysis method used path analysis in which multiple regression models were tested with classical assumptions to determine the appropriate analysis model. The classical assumption test includes: normality test using the one-sample Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, homoscedasticity test using the Spearman’s Rho test, and linearity test using the lack of fit test and the multicollinearity test. With a sample of 175 class-XI students of all majors at SMKN 1 Batang Hari, the result shows that there is an influence of need for achievement, locus of control and attitudes toward students’ entrepreneurial intention at SMK Negeri 1 Batang Hari.

The impact of locus of control and motivations in predicting entrepreneurial intentions among farmers: a field research

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandra Panagiotis Pliakoura ◽  
Grigorios N. Beligiannis ◽  
Fotios Chatzitheodoridis ◽  
Achilleas Kontogeorgos
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Entrepreneurial Intentions ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Student Sample ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Western Greece

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to explain the impact of locus of control (LOC) and motivations on entrepreneurial intentions (EIs) among agri-entrepreneurs in the region of Western Greece.Design/methodology/approachThe study was conducted in 2019 in the Western Greece region. Primary data were collected through a survey. A researcher-administered questionnaire was the data collection instrument while the individual farmer was the unit of analysis. Many data analysis methods were applied: a validity and reliability test, exploratory factor analysis, regression analysis, Kruskal–Wallis test and correlations.FindingsThe results show that the proposed model explains almost 33% of the variance for the EI. Internal LOC and pull motivations have a positive relationship with the intention of entrepreneurship. EI in the agricultural sector is more dependent on LOC, motivations, age and level of education than gender and type of holding.Research limitations/implicationsThe findings of this study provide several theoretical and practical contributions, which can be useful for other researchers.Originality/valueThis research study adds to the existing literature of the EI by using a different type of sample compared to previous contributions. Mostly EI studies used student sample to measure intentions. The present study extends the antecedents of intention by using a sample of existing agri-entrepreneurs. Farmers are one of the best potential segments, and as a result, this research will help predicting how the intention process of existing entrepreneurs works, especially in the primary sector.

scholarly journals Personality, Entrepreneurship Education and Entrepreneurial Intention Among Ghanaian Students

2020 ◽  
pp. 251512742096104
Author(s):  
Victor Fannam Nunfam ◽  
Akanganngang Joseph Asitik ◽  
Ebenezer Afrifa-Yamoah
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Teaching Method ◽  
Policy Decision ◽  
Entrepreneurship Education ◽  
Entrepreneurial Intention ◽  
Need For Achievement ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Entrepreneurial Attitude

The connection between personality traits, entrepreneurship curriculum and entrepreneurial intention has received inadequate research consideration among students in Africa to inform policies and curriculum development. An explanatory cross-sectional survey of 324 Ghanaian university students was assessed in a path analysis to model entrepreneurial intention as a function of personality characteristics, mediated by entrepreneurship curriculum and moderated by teaching methods, while controlling for age, gender and program of study. There were direct significant effects of entrepreneurial attitude, need for achievement and locus of control on entrepreneurial intention. The conditional effect of teaching method on entrepreneurial attitude was also significant. We found evidence of mediated-moderation for entrepreneurial attitude and intention, with no evidence found for locus of control and need for achievement. We have provided empirical evidence to support the ongoing discussion on the effect of personality traits on entrepreneurial intention to guide the development of policy and curriculum on entrepreneurship education. Implications of our study for extant literature on personality traits-entrepreneurship intention nexus, aspiring student entrepreneurs, university managers, entrepreneurship educators and policy decision makers are accentuated.

scholarly journals Impact of Personality Traits and Entrepreneurship Education on Entrepreneurial Intentions of Business and Engineering Students

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 1192 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Vodă ◽  
Nelu Florea
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Internal Consistency Reliability ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Entrepreneurial Intentions ◽  
Venture Creation ◽  
Need For Achievement ◽  
Entrepreneurial Education ◽  
Cognitive Approach

Entrepreneurs bring an enormous contribution to a country’s economic growth. Developing individual’s interest into new venture creation represents an important asset, especially for less developed countries where entrepreneurial activities are fundamental in enhancing economic growth. The recent economic crisis turned the attention of European policymakers towards entrepreneurship as a driving force for the creation of new job opportunities, regional/national competitiveness and growth. The aim of this article is to verify what relations are between locus of control, need for achievement and entrepreneurial intention of youth, following a cognitive approach and how much entrepreneurial education consolidates entrepreneurial skills and informs the young that entrepreneurship is a career option. To analyse entrepreneurial intentions, locus of control, need for achievement and entrepreneurial education in the context of Romania, this research used a quantitative design based on the answers to the questionnaire conducted during March 2017 to October 2017 on a sample of 270 students from two important Romanian universities. From the methodological point of view, several hypotheses have been developed and tested using multivariate logistic regression estimates, frequency analysis, internal consistency reliability of the constructs and moderating effects. The results illustrate that locus of control, need for achievement and entrepreneurial education proved to be important determinants for venture creation among young students, both independently and under the action of control variables. Also, respondents’ gender had a significant influence on one’s intention of opening a business in the future, with males being more inclined to become entrepreneurs than females.

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