Personality traits of entrepreneurs: A review of recent literature

SP Kerr, WR Kerr, T Xu - Foundations and Trends® in …, 2018 - nowpublishers.com
We review the extensive literature since 2000 on the personality traits of entrepreneurs. We
first consider baseline personality traits like the Big-5 model, self-efficacy and …

Entrepreneurial motivation: A review of the literature and an agenda for future research

CY Murnieks, AC Klotz… - Journal of Organizational …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Given the substantial impact that new ventures have on the global economy, understanding
what motivates entrepreneurs is of both practical and theoretical importance. Although …

Socio-cognitive traits and entrepreneurship: The moderating role of economic institutions

CJ Boudreaux, BN Nikolaev, P Klein - Journal of Business Venturing, 2019 - Elsevier
We examine how country-level institutional context moderates the relationship between
three socio-cognitive traits—entrepreneurial self-efficacy, alertness to new business …

[HTML][HTML] Academic entrepreneurship in Spanish universities: An analysis of the determinants of entrepreneurial intention

FJ Miranda, A Chamorro-Mera, S Rubio - European research on …, 2017 - Elsevier
Academic entrepreneurship is the process by which an individual or group of individuals
linked through their work to a university or research centre use knowledge created in their …

Sustainable entrepreneurship: The role of perceived barriers and risk

B Hoogendoorn, P Van der Zwan, R Thurik - Journal of business ethics, 2019 - Springer
Entrepreneurs who start a business to serve both self-interests and collective interests by
addressing unmet social and environmental needs are usually referred to as sustainable …

[HTML][HTML] Push versus pull motivations in entrepreneurial intention: The mediating effect of perceived risk and opportunity recognition

R Martínez-Cañas, P Ruiz-Palomino… - European Research on …, 2023 - Elsevier
Push and pull driving factors are important motivational antecedents of entrepreneurial
intention. Perceptual variables, such as perceived risk in venture creation and opportunity …

Personality trait differences across types of entrepreneurs: a systematic literature review

FU Salmony, DK Kanbach - Review of managerial science, 2022 - Springer
The personality traits that define entrepreneurs have been of significant interest to academic
research for several decades. However, previous studies have used vastly different …

The motivational factors of business venturing: Opportunity versus necessity? A gendered perspective on European countries

V Jafari-Sadeghi - Journal of Business Research, 2020 - Elsevier
The motives behind self-employment and the differences between women and men are a
hot topic in entrepreneurship debate. This paper empirically explores the interaction of three …

Factors influencing the entrepreneurial engagement of opportunity and necessity entrepreneurs

P Van der Zwan, R Thurik, I Verheul… - Eurasian Business …, 2016 - Springer
The scholarly literature often distinguishes between so-called opportunity and necessity
entrepreneurship and between “pull” and “push” motivations. Despite the pervasive use of …

Perceived public support and entrepreneurship attitudes: A little reciprocity can go a long way!

W Nowiński, MY Haddoud, K Wach… - Journal of Vocational …, 2020 - Elsevier
This study investigates the link between perceived public support for entrepreneurship and
individuals' entrepreneurial intention. Using samples from the US and Poland, we show that …