The Joint Effects of Personal and Relationships Characteristics on Micro-Entrepreneurial Success

Tu, Chiayu; Hwang, Shiuh-Nan; Chen, Jen-Shyang; Chang, Fang‐Yu

doi:10.1016/s2212-5671(12)00350-4

“…This character trait is considered for entrepreneurial trait also by Misra and Kumar (2000) and by Sharma, Boyatzis and Jain (2011) The ability to solve a problem and make a decision were the last observed character traits. Tu et al (2012) together with the other authors (Douglas, 2005;Forbes, 2005) declared that knowing and exploring how individuals decide and solve their problems is necessary. Saravathy (2001) defined the existence of two basic types of entrepreneurial decision makingcausation and effectuation decision making.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Belás at al. 2016, Deáková et al 2010, Korauš at al.2015, Frese and Gielnik, 2014, Mura and Machová, 2015, Sidik, 2012, Sharma, Bozatzis and Jain, 2011, Tu et al, 2012, Soomro and Shah, 2015, Hvide and Panos, 2014, Knőrr et al, 2013and Soininen et al, 2012, Košičiarová and Vincúrová, 2015 state that entrepreneurs have to have special personal qualities and characteristics to be successful in business. Sobeková et al (2015) along with many other authors declare that entrepreneurs and SMEs are an important part of each market economy.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Specific Character Traits of Young Entrepreneurs in Slovakia

Majková

¹

,

Ključnikov

²

2017

IJEK

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Worldwide scientific researches present the entrepreneurs have to declare specific characteristic traits to be successful in the business. This paper is focused on the comparison of the specific character traits between potential young entrepreneurs and other young people. The aim is to compare the three chosen character traits differences between these two focus groups by using the statistical method of Pearson´s chi-square and bring the answers on the questions why some people incline to becoming the entrepreneurs more intensively than others, and what are the differences between them in relation to the character traits and their personality characteristics. The research was conducted among 1233 young people in all regions of Slovakia in 2012. The results show, that young people who plan to become an entrepreneur, are more creative, willing to face the risk, more confident in the solvation of complicated problems and difficult tasks with the opposite group of respondents. KEY WORDSentrepreneurial traits, character traits, personal qualities of entrepreneurs, potential entrepreneurs, young entrepreneurs JEL CODE G11, G32

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“…This character trait is considered for entrepreneurial trait also by Misra and Kumar (2000) and by Sharma, Boyatzis and Jain (2011) The ability to solve a problem and make a decision were the last observed character traits. Tu et al (2012) together with the other authors (Douglas, 2005;Forbes, 2005) declared that knowing and exploring how individuals decide and solve their problems is necessary. Saravathy (2001) defined the existence of two basic types of entrepreneurial decision making -causation and effectuation decision making.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Belás at al. 2016, Deáková et al 2010, Korauš at al.2015, Frese and Gielnik, 2014, Mura and Machová, 2015, Sidik, 2012, Sharma, Bozatzis and Jain, 2011, Tu et al, 2012, Soomro and Shah, 2015, Hvide and Panos, 2014, Knőrr et al, 2013and Soininen et al, 2012, Košičiarová and Vincúrová, 2015 state that entrepreneurs have to have special personal qualities and characteristics to be successful in business. Sobeková et al (2015) along with many other authors declare that entrepreneurs and SMEs are an important part of each market economy.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Specific Character Traits of Young Entrepreneurs in Slovakia

Majková

¹

,

Ključnikov

²

2017

International Journal of Entrepreneurial Knowledge

3

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“…They also indicated that among all the factors, an entrepreneur's industrial and managerial experience was the dominating factor influencing venture growth. Tu et al (2012) investigated the joint effects of personal and relationships characteristics on microentrepreneurial success. The study attempted to combine the personal characteristics with the relationship characteristics of micro-entrepreneurs to develop a theoretical structure of antecedents influencing on the micro-entrepreneurs success and deepen our understanding of microentrepreneurial academic research and practical implication.…”

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confidence: 99%

Investigating the effects of personal entrepreneurial characteristics

Abtahi¹,

Karamipour²,

Abbasi³

2014

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This paper presents an empirical investigation to study the impacts of personal entrepreneurial characteristics including "Need to succeed", "Idea fluency" and "Pragmatism" among students who were enrolled in different fields at Islamic Azad University of Zanjan, Iran. Using a standard questionnaire, which is modified for Iranian culture, the study measures the effects of three factors. The results of Kolmogorov-Smirnov indicate that all three variables of the survey were normally distributed. The results of t-student test for "Need to succeed" is equal to 28.623 with df = 349 and Sig. = 0.000, which is statistically significant. In addition, t-student test for "Idea fluency" is equal to 16.124 with df = 349 and Sig. = 0.000, which is also statistically significant. Finally, the results of t-student test for "Pragmatism" is equal to 31.255 with df = 349 and Sig. = 0.000, which is statistically significant. The findings indicate that the participants hold relatively high level of personal entrepreneurial characteristics.

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The Joint Effects of Personal and Relationships Characteristics on Micro-Entrepreneurial Success

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The Specific Character Traits of Young Entrepreneurs in Slovakia

The Specific Character Traits of Young Entrepreneurs in Slovakia

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