Preliminary communication
EXTROVERTED PERSONALITY AS AN ADVANTAGE IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Drago Pupavac
orcid.org/0000-0002-2201-0598
; Polytechnic of Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia
Abstract
Entrepreneurs are usually enthusiastic, driven personalities, unabashed of taking the initiative and leaping forward. Successful entrepreneurs are proactive and incessantly on the quest for new business opportunities. According to the five-dimensional model of personality, character traits befitting such behaviour are extroversion and an openness to new experiences. Extroversion is associated with higher performance in sales, management positions and jobs which require influence over other people (negotiations). Accordingly, the main objective of this study is to find out if students of professional and specialized studies at Polytechnic of Rijeka fit within these parameters and to point out the importance of extroverted personality in creating new business ventures. In order to prove or refute the given hypothesis that students of entrepreneurship are highly extroverted personalities, various scientific methods have been applied, including survey, descriptive statistics and comparison. Empirical study was conducted by survey at Polytechnic of Rijeka throughout the academic year 2012/2013, 2013/2014 and 2014/2015. 195 students of professional and specialized study of entrepreneurship were included in the poll, as well as 31 students of safety at work which were used as a control group. Research results indicate that the level of extroversion of entrepreneurship students is average and thus the set hypothesis was refuted.
Keywords
extroversion; entrepreneurs; entrepreneurship students
Hrčak ID:
149535
URI
Publication date:
15.12.2015.
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