PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS AND INTENTION FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Murat Yalcintas (), OYKÜ IYIGÜN and Gokhan Karabulut
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Murat Yalcintas: Istanbul Commerce University, Beyoglu, Istanbul, Turkey
OYKÜ IYIGÜN: Istanbul Commerce University, Beyoglu, Istanbul, Turkey

The Singapore Economic Review (SER), 2023, vol. 68, issue 02, 539-561

Abstract: This study analyzes the relationship between entrepreneurship intention and personal characteristics and skills by using the surveys we conducted in Turkey on 1465 senior university students. We use a modified version of the Entrepreneurial Orientation (EO) scale and the Political Skills Inventory to measure some personal characteristics and skills. We also use the nine sub-dimensions of these two scales. Probit model and wavelet coherence analysis results show that proactivity, entrepreneurship, and networking sub-dimensions of the scales are related to entrepreneurship intention. We also find that gender, the number of siblings, the grade point average (GPA) of the students, their family’s education level, the parent’ ownership of an enterprise, and the number of non-governmental organizations (NGO) that they are a member of are also related to entrepreneurship intention. Results may be useful to understand and enhance entrepreneurship potential.

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; self-employment entry; occupational choice (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C90 D63 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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