The Role Of Entrepreneurial Personality Traits On Entrepreneurial Intention: A Research In Mersin University

Abstract

In recent years, entrepreneurshiphas become a very important issue with the social aspects of the economy aswell as the economic situation, and research are a is increasing day today.Entrepreneurship can be defined as taking both he advantage of opportunities tobring together existing pieces and bringing out market share. The intention ofentrepreneurship is that people must be willing or are able to set up and runtheir businesses. Personality trait sare one of the important factor saffectingthe intention of entrepreneurship.The aim of this study is toshow theeffect of the personality traits of the university students on entrepreneurialintent. In addition to this purpose,the effect of demographic variables on the entrepreneurial intentions wasexamined. Forth is purpose, research was carried out with 320 students fromMersin University Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences. A questionnaire was used as a data collection tool, correlation and regression analysis,t-test, one way variance (ANOVA) analys is were applied according to collecteddata and research questions.As a result of statisticalanalysis; It has been found thatpersonality trait sare an important measure of entrepreneurship intention. It has been determined that 'personalitytraits' and 'tolerance to uncertainty' have a significant effect onentrepreneurship intention. Besides, it was found that there is a significantdifference between some of the demographic variables such as '' family income,mothe reducation status, successful entrepreneur modeled in family and closeenvironment '' and intention of entrepreneurship. As a result of the study,suggestions were presented to increase students' entrepreneurial intentionsbased on the findings obtained without research