Investigating the Relationship of Personality and Psychological Traits with Entrepreneurship (Case of study: Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University)

Subject Areas : Business Management

Reza khodaye Mahmodi ¹ , Nader Bohlouli ² , Peyman Ghanimat ³

1 - Assistant Professor, Department of Management, Marand Unit, Islamic Azad University, Marand, Iran
2 - Assistant Professor, Department of Management, Marand Unit, Islamic Azad University, Marand, Iran
3 - Islamic Azad University, East Azarbaijan Science and Research Branch, Young and Elite Research Club, Tabriz, Iran

Received: 2013-02-18 Accepted : 2013-07-12 Published : 2013-08-23

Keywords: entrepreneurship, Entrepreneur, Personality and psychological traits,

Abstract :

The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between the psychological characteristics and entrepreneurship of the undergraduate students of Industrial Management in Tabriz Branch of Islamic Azad University. The statistical population includes the students of Industrial Management who entered Tabriz Branch during the academic years 2009-2011, from among whom 165 students were selected as the research sample. The data collection tool is the general questionnaire of tendency toward business, and the data analysis tool is Pearson’s correlation coefficient. The study consists of 5main hypotheses. The results showed that there is a relationship between personality traits and psychological characteristics with the students’ entrepreneurship and that it contributes to predict students’ tendency toward entrepreneurship.

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