Entrepreneurial Intention and Personality Traits

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Contents
PART ONE......................................................................................................................................3
Review covering the key objectives of this study.......................................................................3
Arguments of positivist paradigm in this study...........................................................................3
Key concepts introduced in this study and stating the appropriate research hypotheses............4
Questionnaire...............................................................................................................................4
PART TWO.....................................................................................................................................5
Objective 1...................................................................................................................................5
Objective 2...................................................................................................................................6
Objective 3...................................................................................................................................7
Objective 4...................................................................................................................................7
Objective 5...................................................................................................................................7
Objective 6...................................................................................................................................8
Objective 7...................................................................................................................................9
Objective 8.................................................................................................................................14
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................16
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PART ONE
Review covering the key objectives of this study
The study of “Entrepreneurial Intention and personality traits” is focused over five
personality traits which an entrepreneur usually possesses which make their personality different
than other business managers (Beyer, 2019). This study is the piece of literature review which
analysis that how personality traits of an individual impacts their entrepreneurial intention of
starting a business.
The basic objectives of this study are:
 To analyse the concept of entrepreneurship.
 To evaluate the five personality traits of an entrepreneur.
 To determine the impact of personality traits on the entrepreneurial intention.
Arguments of positivist paradigm in this study
Positivist paradigm is a concept which allows an investigator to explore social reality by
conducting experiment and observations upon the behaviour of human beings (Landtblom,
2018). It is an approach which helps in ascertaining the way in which society actually operates.
The key arguments which can be used from this study for positivist paradigm are measures of
personality traits (Leech, Barrett and Morgan, 2013). These measures can used to determine
whether or not individuals have a common set of personality traits which an entrepreneur usually
possess and then compare them with their entrepreneurial intention. By this, an experiment under
positivist paradigm can be conducted which can help in determine whether well established
business owners has entrepreneurial traits or not.
Key concepts introduced in this study and stating the appropriate research hypotheses
The study of “Entrepreneurial Intention and personality traits” revolves around the
concepts of five personality traits of an entrepreneur and its relation with their entrepreneurial
intention. So, the appropriate hypothesis of this investigation should be “Existence of
entrepreneurial traits in individual results in positive entrepreneurial intention in them”.
In this study, “purchase intention” is dependent variable and another factor which can influence
this variable can be background and education of an individual as this factor can both hinder and
foster entrepreneurial intention (Sarkar and Rashid, 2016).
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Questionnaire
Age:
Gender:
Please rate below question as: e = Strongly disagree to a = Strongly agree
Q1: I have high need for achievement and motivation.
a) Strongly agree
b) Agree
c) Neutral
d) Disagree
e) Strongly disagree
Q2: I have high intellectual curiosity for new concepts.
a) Strongly agree
b) Agree
c) Neutral
d) Disagree
e) Strongly disagree
Q3: I tend to be calm or even relaxed under stressful conditions.
a) Strongly agree
b) Agree
c) Neutral
d) Disagree
e) Strongly disagree
Q4: I demonstrate assertiveness and dominance in social relations.
a) Strongly agree
b) Agree
c) Neutral
d) Disagree
e) Strongly disagree
Q5: I tend to be trusting, altruistic, caring and forgiving.
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