Entrepreneurial Potential and Gender Effects: The Role of Personality Traits in University Students’ Entrepreneurial Intentions

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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DEVELOPING CONTEXTUAL LESSON PLANNING TO ENGAGE STUDENTS’ UNDERSTANDING IN THE ROLE OF GENDER IN LANGUAGE USED IN DAILY LIFE

JURNAL REFORMA ◽

10.30736/rfma.v2i1.2 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Tiara Retno Haryani

Keyword(s):

University Students ◽

Gender Bias ◽

Social Life ◽

Daily Life ◽

Lesson Planning ◽

Second Step ◽

Advanced Learners ◽

Know How ◽

And Gender

Language is not only simply a means of communicating information, but also means of establishing and maintaining relationship with other people (Trudgil, 2000). In social life, the first thing that you will notice is the gender of the person we met. It is a fundamental and obvious thing before we can have an interaction or communication with somebody else. The objective of the activity is to direct the students in understanding the role of gender in language for daily life more deeply. The students are expected to be able analyze the language phenomena in their daily life. The activity is started by explaining the materials to the students about gender role, gender bias, and gender dialect used. The second step is that grouping the students and asks them to discuss about the phenomena of gender in language used in their society so that they know how the characteristic of each gender in their society. The last step is discussing the results together in class. This activity is probably appropriate for the advanced learners, such as university students. It can gain the students’ knowledge and raising the students’ confident in stating their opinion in discussion. Keywords: contextual, lesson planning, role of gender

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Roles in violent interactions in early adolescence: Relations with personality traits, friendship and gender

Psihologija ◽

10.2298/psi1502119c ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 48 (2) ◽

pp. 119-133

Author(s):

Petar Colovic ◽

Jasmina Kodzopeljic ◽

Dusanka Mitrovic ◽

Bojana Dinic ◽

Snezana Smederevac

Keyword(s):

Social Behavior ◽

Personality Traits ◽

Elementary School Students ◽

Male Gender ◽

School Students ◽

Negative Valence ◽

Bully Victims ◽

Positive Valence ◽

And Gender

The aim of this study is to examine the relations between roles in violent interactions and personality traits (congruent to dimensions of Big Seven lexical model), number of friends, and gender. The study was conducted on a sample of 1095 elementary school students from Serbia (51.4% female), aged 11-14. The results revealed that membership in the victims group corresponds to smaller number of friends, low Extraversion, high Neuroticism and Conscientiousness and male gender, while higher Aggressiveness, Negative and Positive Valence, lower Neuroticism, and male gender increase the odds of membership in the bullies group. The role of bully-victims corresponds to smaller number of friends, higher Negative Valence and Neuroticism, and male gender. The results point to differences between roles in violent interaction with regard to patterns of personality traits and social behavior.

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Entrepreneurial Intentions of Pakistani Students: The Role of Entrepreneurial Education, Creativity Disposition, Invention Passion & Passion for Founding

Journal of Management Research ◽

10.5296/jmr.v10i3.13253 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 10 (3) ◽

pp. 76 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Temoor Anjum ◽

Sara Ravan Ramzani ◽

Muhammad Farrukh ◽

Valliappan Raju ◽

Nida Nazar ◽

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Keyword(s):

University Students ◽

Partial Least Square ◽

Theory And Practice ◽

Least Square ◽

Entrepreneurial Intentions ◽

Equation Modeling ◽

Entrepreneurial Education ◽

Entrepreneurial Passion ◽

The Impact

The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of entrepreneurial education on entrepreneurial intentions of the university students, moreover, a mediating role of Entrepreneurial Passion, Perceived Creativity Disposition and Entrepreneurial Passion was also assessed. Data were collected from 595 university students; Partial least square technique was used with the help of SmartPLS software. Results of partial least square structural equation modeling showed that all the hypothesized direct and indirect relationship were supported. Possible implications for theory and practice are discussed in detailed.

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Aberrant Salience among Young Healthy Postgraduate University Students: The Role of Cannabis Use, Psychotic-Like Experiences, and Personality

Psychopathology ◽

10.1159/000520331 ◽

2022 ◽

pp. 1-7

Author(s):

Andrea Patti ◽

Gabriele Santarelli ◽

Giulio D’Anna ◽

Andrea Ballerini ◽

Valdo Ricca

Keyword(s):

University Students ◽

Personality Traits ◽

Cannabis Use ◽

Positive Symptom ◽

Psychotic Symptoms ◽

Symptom Frequency ◽

Character Inventory ◽

Aberrant Salience ◽

Self Transcendence

Aberrant salience (AS) is an anomalous world experience which plays a major role in psychotic proneness. In the general population, a deployment of this construct – encompassing personality traits, psychotic-like symptoms, and cannabis use – could prove useful to outline the relative importance of these factors. For this purpose, 106 postgraduate university students filled the AS Inventory (ASI), the Community Assessment of Psychic Experiences (CAPE), the Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI), and the Symptom Checklist 90-Revised (SCL-90-R). Lifetime cannabis users (<i>n</i> = 56) and individuals who did not use cannabis (<i>n</i> = 50) were compared. The role of cannabis use and psychometric indexes on ASI total scores was tested in different subgroups (overall sample, cannabis users, and nonusers). The present study confirmed that cannabis users presented higher ASI scores. The deployment of AS proved to involve positive symptom frequency (assessed through CAPE), character dimensions of self-directedness and self-transcendence (TCI subscales), and cannabis use. Among nonusers, the role of personality traits (assessed through the TCI) was preeminent, whereas positive psychotic-like experiences (measured by means of CAPE) had a major weight among cannabis users. The present study suggests that pre-reflexive anomalous world experiences such as AS are intertwined with reflexive self-consciousness, personality traits, current subclinical psychotic symptoms, and cannabis use. In the present study, subthreshold psychotic experiences proved to play a major role among cannabis users, whereas personality appeared to be more relevant among nonusers.

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Mediating Role of E- Learning Resources in Developing Entrepreneurial Inclinations Amongst Undergraduate Students At Universiti Utara Malaysia

International Journal of Engineering & Technology ◽

10.14419/ijet.v7i4.7.20381 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 7 (4.7) ◽

pp. 51 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Dr. Mohd Sufli Yusof ◽

Dr. Muhammad Salman Shabbir ◽

Dr. Muhammad Shukri Bin Bakar ◽

Prof. Dr. Mohd Noor Mohd Shariff ◽

Azahari Ramli ◽

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Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

University Students ◽

Entrepreneurial Intentions ◽

Young Generation ◽

Learning Resources ◽

Structural Support ◽

Mediating Role ◽

E Learning ◽

Universiti Utara Malaysia

In this study the authors tried to identify mediating role of innovation and moderating role of size of enterprise in the relationship Making a living with lawful earnings is possible by working for others, becoming self-employed or employing others. This paper aims at providing insights into the role of structural support and the use of E-learning such as business simulations games in developing entrepreneurial intentions of university students. The underlying theories of experiential learning, constructivist learning theory and bloom’s taxonomy are discussed in relation with the objectives of this study. The response of 252 university students from Malaysia was collected through self-administrative survey using simple random sampling technique. The results of PLS-SEM demonstrate a significant positive impact of E-learning resources and perceived structural support from Government in developing entrepreneurial inclinations of students at Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM). The present study provides an overview and highlight the role assumed by the institutions of higher education through adoption of E-learning resources in order to nurture entrepreneurship among young generation. Additionally, keeping in view the role of higher education in socio-economic development, recommendations have also been proposed for universities and policy makings institutions to cope with the current challenges of higher education. The findings of this study have important implications of enhancing entrepreneurial capacity in Malaysia.

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The relationship between entrepreneurial intent, gender and personality

Gender in Management An International Journal ◽

10.1108/gm-08-2018-0105 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 34 (8) ◽

pp. 665-684 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Mackenzie R. Zisser ◽

Sheri L. Johnson ◽

Michael A. Freeman ◽

Paige J. Staudenmaier

Keyword(s):

Gender Differences ◽

Personality Traits ◽

Gender Disparity ◽

Entrepreneurial Intentions ◽

Personality Factor ◽

Risk Propensity ◽

Content Type ◽

Prosocial Motivation ◽

Entrepreneurial Intent ◽

And Gender

Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine gender differences in personality traits of people with and without entrepreneurial intent to assess whether women who intend to become entrepreneurs exhibit particular tendencies that can be fostered. Design/methodology/approach Participants completed an online battery of well-established questionnaires to cover a range of personality traits relevant to entrepreneurship and gender. Participants also answered items concerning intent to become an entrepreneur. A factor analysis of personality traits produced four factors (esteem and power, ambition, risk propensity and communal tendency, the latter reflecting openness and cooperation, without hubris). The authors constructed four parallel regression models to examine how gender, entrepreneurial intent and the interaction of gender with intent related to these four personality factor scores. Findings Participants who endorsed a desire to become an entrepreneur reported higher ambition. Women with entrepreneurial intentions endorsed higher levels of communal tendency than men with entrepreneurial intent. Those without entrepreneurial intent did not show gender differences in communal tendency. Research limitations/implications Current findings suggest that men and women who intend to become entrepreneurs share many traits, but women with entrepreneurial intent show unique elevations in communal tendencies. Thus, a worthwhile locus for intervention into the gender disparity in self-employment would be providing space and acknowledgement of prosocial motivation and goals as one highly successful route to entrepreneurship. Originality/value Given the underused economic potential of women entrepreneurs, there is a fundamental need for a rich array of research on factors that limit and promote women’s entry into entrepreneurship. Current findings indicate that personality may be one piece of this puzzle.

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Entrepreneurial intention of Indian university students: the role of opportunity recognition and entrepreneurship education

Education + Training ◽

10.1108/et-02-2020-0033 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 62 (7/8) ◽

pp. 843-861

Author(s):

Aamir Hassan ◽

Imran Saleem ◽

Imran Anwar ◽

Syed Abid Hussain

Keyword(s):

University Students ◽

Self Efficacy ◽

Entrepreneurship Education ◽

Entrepreneurial Intention ◽

Opportunity Recognition ◽

Content Type ◽

And Gender ◽

Business And Management ◽

Moderating Role

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of opportunity recognition and entrepreneurial self-efficacy on the entrepreneurial intention of Indian university students. This paper also examines the moderating role of entrepreneurship education and gender on the opportunity recognition–intention and self-efficacy–intention relationships.Design/methodology/approachThe data were collected through a comprehensive questionnaire from 334 students having business and management background. Confirmatory factor analysis was used to ensure the reliability and validity of all the constructs, and structural equation modeling was used to test the proposed hypotheses.FindingsThis study unveils three important findings. First, opportunity recognition and self-efficacy both show a significant positive impact on the entrepreneurial intention of students. Second, education positively moderates “self-efficacy–intention relationship”, and third, gender negatively moderates “opportunity recognition–intention” and “self-efficacy–intention” relationships.Research limitations/implicationsThis study has been carried out using a sample of students from only one university, and the study included only business and management background students. Similar studies can be conducted by adding more motivational and contextual factors with an increased sample size of students having different educational backgrounds.Practical implicationsThis study provides pragmatic support to formulate new educational initiatives that can support students in their present or future entrepreneurial projects.Originality/valueThis study adds to the scarce literature on opportunity recognition and entrepreneurial intention and also highlights the moderating role of entrepreneurship education and gender on opportunity recognition–intention and entrepreneurial self-efficacy–intention relationships.

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The Role of Geographical Area and Entrepreneurs' Personality

Frontiers in Psychology ◽

10.3389/fpsyg.2021.671931 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 12 ◽

Author(s):

Amaia Yurrebaso ◽

Eva María Picado ◽

Teresa Paiva

Keyword(s):

Personality Traits ◽

Entrepreneurial Orientation ◽

Geographical Area ◽

Geographical Location ◽

Central Zone ◽

Entrepreneurial Intention ◽

Entrepreneurial Intentions ◽

Entrepreneurial Activity ◽

Five Dimensions

This study proposed a line of research on entrepreneurship based on the analysis of personality traits and geographical area. Its objective is to identify whether certain personality traits or sociocultural variables typical of a particular geographical area influence those who have already started an entrepreneurial activity to keep it up, in other words, to maintain their entrepreneurial intention. The research results reach a sample of 479 entrepreneurs from two Iberian Peninsula geographical areas. The analyse of the psychometric properties on the Entrepreneurial Orientation Questionnaire (EOQ) identified five dimensions of the enterprising personality. They also evidence that geographical location is a factor that contributes to the development of the entrepreneurial intentions that determine the business profile. The results show that entrepreneurs in the northern area tend to maintain their business than those in the central zone.

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Relationship of Personality Traits and Gender Role Attitudes: A Comparison of Traditional and non- Traditional Professionals

Journal of Education and Vocational Research ◽

10.22610/jevr.v3i8.78 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 3 (8) ◽

pp. 271-279

Author(s):

Khaizran Zahra ◽

Rubina Hanif .

Keyword(s):

Gender Role ◽

Personality Traits ◽

Linear Regression Analysis ◽

Gender Role Attitudes ◽

Self Control ◽

Future Research ◽

And Gender ◽

Relationship Of ◽

The Relationship

This study was conducted to examine the relationship of personality traits (i.e., dominance, self-acceptance, self-control, flexibility, sociability, capacity for status and communality) and Gender Role attitudes among professionals of traditional and non-traditional occupations using selected scales from Urdu Version of California Personality Inventory (CPI) and Gender Role Attitudes Scale. A sample of 152 professionals from traditional and non-traditional occupations (criteria of defining traditional and nontraditional professions were based on literature). The findings suggested positive relationship among personality traits and gender role attitudes. The linear Regression analysis showed predicting role of personality traits for gender role attitudes. The significant differences were found on personality traits, gender role attitudes among traditional and non-traditional professionals, and gender as well. In addition, implications and limitations, as well as directions for future research are discussed.

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