 Entrepreneurial personality dispositions and selected indicators of company functioningMarcin Staniewski, Konrad Janowski and Katarzyna Awruk Journal of Business Research, 2016, vol. 69, issue 5, 1939-1943 Abstract: The main objective of this study is to assess the relationships between personality dispositions of entrepreneurs and indicators of economic success in carrying on business in small and medium enterprises in Poland. Two questionnaires collect the data concerning the enterprise's functioning, and serve to measure an entrepreneur's psychological characteristics relevant to entrepreneurship. The sample comprises 294 entrepreneurs who established their companies in Poland between 2008 and 2012. The findings allow for the identification of a profile of personality traits that relate significantly to a more successful company functioning. The results show that a core of personality dispositions may have a relation with most of aspects of a company's functioning, however, other psychological entrepreneurial dispositions may relate more specifically to particular facets of company's functioning. The findings may serve as a “road map” for identifying skills that need improvement, and for developing educational programs and entrepreneurial behaviors as well. Keywords: Entrepreneurial dispositions; Personality traits; Economic success; Entrepreneurial success (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:jbrese:v:69:y:2016:i:5:p:1939-1943 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2015.10.084 Access Statistics for this article Journal of Business Research is currently edited by A. G. Woodside More articles in Journal of Business Research from Elsevier |
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