%0 Journal Article
%T UNIVERSITY STUDENTS¡¯ PERSONALITY TRAITS AND ENTREPRENEURIAL INTENTION: USING ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND ENTREPRENEURIAL ATTITUDE AS MEDIATING VARIABLE
%A Su-Chang Chen
%A Professor
%A Ling-Ling Jing
%A Lecturer
%A Ming-Hung Sung
%A Master
%J International Journal of Economics and Research
%D 2012
%I Sanben Agency
%X This study aims to probe into relationship between personality traits and entrepreneurial intention and measure the mediating effect by entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial attitude. A total of 550 questionnaires were distributed to seven universities in Taiwan. After eliminating the questionnaires with incomplete answers and invalid ones, there were 392 validity samples, with a valid return rate of 71.27%. The results indicated that ¡°openness to experience¡±, ¡°extraversion¡± and ¡°conscientiousness¡± positively influence entrepreneurship; ¡°neuroticism¡± negatively influences entrepreneurship; ¡°agreeableness¡±, ¡°openness to experience¡±, ¡°extraversion¡± and ¡°conscientiousness¡± influence entrepreneurial attitude; entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial attitude reveal partial mediating effects between ¡°openness to experience¡±, ¡°extraversion¡± and¡°conscientiousness¡± in personality traits and entrepreneurial intention.
%K Big Five Personality Trait
%K Entrepreneurship
%K Entrepreneurial Attitude
%K Entrepreneurial Intention
%K University Students.
%U http://ijeronline.com/documents/volumes/Vol%203%20issue%203/08%20-%2076%20-%2082%20ijer%20v3i3%20mj%202012%20chen%20&%20Sung..2012.5.23%20(june%209th).pdf