Born Entrepreneur? Adolescents‘ Personality Characteristics and Self-Employment in Adulthood
Faculty/Professorship: | Empirical Microeconomics |
Author(s): | Heineck, Guido ![]() |
Title of the Journal: | Journal of Business Venturing Insights |
ISSN: | 2352-6734 |
Publisher Information: | Oxford [u.a.] : Elsevier Science |
Year of publication: | 2017 |
Volume: | 8 |
Pages: | 9-12 |
Language(s): | English |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.jbvi.2017.05.001 |
URL: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pi... |
Abstract: | Is there an entrepreneurial personality, and does it appear early in life? We provide a new answer to this important question by examining traits related to Type A behavior (Aggression, Leadership, Responsibility, and Eagerness-Energy) measured during adolescence and their relationship to entrepreneurship propensity in adulthood. The results indicate that the early-life Leadership dimension is significantly associated with a higher likelihood of 1) becoming an entrepreneur and 2) being more successful as an entrepreneur, as approximated by sales. |
Keywords: | Entrepreneurship, Personality, Type A behavior |
Peer Reviewed: | Ja |
International Distribution: | Ja |
Type: | Article |
URI: | https://fis.uni-bamberg.de/handle/uniba/42785 |
Year of publication: | 4. December 2017 |

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