Original title: The impact of personality traits on entrepreneurial intentions: the roles of risk-taking propensity, perceived entrepreneurial desirability, and work experience
The study looks at how personality relates to wanting to start a business. It finds that some Big FiveA common framework that describes personality using five broad traits. and Dark TriadA group of three personality traits associated with self-focused or manipulative tendencies. traits predict this intention. Two pathways help explain the link: a person's willingness to take risks and how desirable they think entrepreneurship is. Work experience changes these pathways: it strengthens the link between risk-taking and intention, but weakens the link between desirability and intention.
Imagine deciding whether to take on a difficult home project. The project may seem worthwhile, but your comfort with risk can also shape whether you begin. Past experience can make risk matter more while making the project's appeal matter less. In this paper, the project’s appeal and willingness to take a risk help connect personality to wanting to start a business, while work experience changes the strength of those links.
People who consider starting a business may be influenced by both their personality and how they view risk and entrepreneurship. The findings suggest work experience changes how those views relate to entrepreneurial intentions, which may matter when studying or supporting potential entrepreneurs.
The abstract does not establish that personality or work experience causes entrepreneurial intention, or that the findings apply beyond the 1,046 respondents studied. It does not provide details about the respondents, the specific traits that predicted intention, or the size of the reported effects.
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The impact of personality traits on entrepreneurial intentions: the roles of risk-taking propensity, perceived entrepreneurial desirability, and work experience — Nguyen Phuc Nguyen, Vo Thanh Hai, Nguyen Nam Hai — Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship — doi:10.1186/s13731-026-00727-5
Abstract licence: CC BY
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