aAssistant Professor, Department of Management, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran
bPh. D Student, Department of Management, University of Yazd, Yazd, Iran
cAssistant professor, Department of Psychology, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran
Online published on 15 April, 2014.
Identifying and enabling entrepreneurial activities is among the most important areas of research in the field of entrepreneurship. The present paper aims to identify personality characteristics which may influence entrepreneurial intentions and orientation. The data for this research is collected using a questionnaire with a combination of standard and researcher-made questions. To determine the reliability of the study Cronbach's alpha is used, calculated to be 0.90 for the entire questionnaire. Furthermore, we use structural equations modeling to test the hypotheses. The results indicate that personality characteristics have a positive and significant effect on entrepreneurial intentions and intention on orientation. However, personality characteristics do not influence entrepreneurial orientation.
Entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial intentions, entrepreneurial orientation, personality characteristics
