The Big Five Personality–Entrepreneurship Relationship: Evidence from Slovenia
Keywords:
personality;
big five;
entrepreneur;
entrepreneurship.
Author(s):
Boštjan Antončič, PhD, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Economics;
Tina Bratkovič Kregar, PhD, University of Primorska, Faculty of management;
Gangaram Singh, PhD, San Diego State University;
Alex F. DeNoble, PhD, San Diego State University.
Abstract:
Entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship are important for new wealth creation and economic development. Yet insufficient attention has been paid in entrepreneurship research to psychological characteristics such as the big five personality characteristics. In this study, we address this issue by investigating the psychological determinants of real-life entrepreneurial start-up decisions and intentions by contrasting entrepreneurs and non-entrepreneurs as regards the big five personality factors (openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism). Using data collected via face-to-face structured interviews with 546 individuals from Slovenia, we tested hypotheses using multi-nominal logistic regression (supplemented by MANOVA).
Journal:
Journal of Small Business Management, 2015, vol. 53, no. 3, str. 819–841.
Indexing:
JCR: Impact Factor: 2013: 1.361© Thomson Reuters Journal Citation Reports 2014
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