Comparison of personality traits and demographic factors of the entrepreneurs: The case of Erzincan Province
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Tarih
2020
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Melih Topaloğlu
Erişim Hakkı
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Özet
Purpose – Entrepreneurship is a major force that forms the economic basis of developed countries
today. Entrepreneurs contribute greatly to the strengthening of the economy by using resources
effectively, generating innovative ideas, providing employment opportunities, and creating various
markets. Each of the entrepreneurial individuals has various personality traits. This study aims to
compare entrepreneurs' personality traits with demographic factors.
Design/methodology/approach – The data used in the study were obtained from 281 entrepreneurs
who have their own business in Erzincan province between 01.05.2019-01.07.2019, using the survey
method, which is the primary data collection tool. The Survey forms were analyzed with SPSS for
Windows 20.0.
Findings – In the study it is found that female entrepreneurs are more extroverted than male
entrepreneurs while the agreeableness levels of male entrepreneurs are higher than female
entrepreneurs, single entrepreneurs are more extroverted than married entrepreneurs while the
level of conscientiousness of married entrepreneurs is higher than single entrepreneurs,
conscientiousness levels of aged 43 and over entrepreneurs are higher than other age groups while
young entrepreneurs were found to have more openness than older entrepreneurs. Agreeableness
levels of entrepreneurs with postgraduate are higher than entrepreneurs at other education levels.
As education increases, agreeableness increases. Conscientiousness levels of entrepreneurs with
postgraduate are higher than other education levels. As education increases, conscientiousness
increases.
Discussion – It was seen that some dimensions of the personality traits of the entrepreneurs were
statistically significant in terms of demographic variables. Previous studies on the subject were
examined, similar and different results were compared with this research. In entrepreneurship
research, it was emphasized that personality traits and demographic factors are important and
should be the subject of other studies in different place time and examples in the future. Some
suggestions have been made to support especially women and young entrepreneurs.
Açıklama
Anahtar Kelimeler
Entrepreneur, Big five personality traits, Demographic factors
Kaynak
İşletme Araştırmaları Dergisi
WoS Q Değeri
Scopus Q Değeri
Cilt
12
Sayı
3
Künye
Yılmaz, F. ve Aksoy, C. (2010). Comparison of personality traits and demographic factors of the entrepreneurs: The case of Erzincan Province. İşletme Araştırmaları Dergisi, 12(3), 2811-2822.
