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Enterprising spirit is a multidimensional process which shapes personal development toward the proposal, resolution, and continuation of new projects, whether economic, personal, or social in nature. Enterprising spirit, like most human behaviors, depends on both personal factors (i.e., capabilities, attitudes, and personality) and contextual factors (i.e., society, culture, and economy). Among the personal factors, personality traits have been shown to be good predictors of both business creation and success. Various meta-analyses show a general personality profile associated with a person’s willingness or intention to start a business (high conscientiousness, openness, extraversion, and low neuroticism). There are also studies which establish a specific enterprising personality profile associated with both business creation and success (high achievement motivation, risk-taking, innovation, internal locus of control, self-efficacy, autonomy, and...
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Muñiz, J., Pedrosa, I., Garcia, E., Suarez, J. (2016). Enterprising Personality. In: Zeigler-Hill, V., Shackelford, T. (eds) Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28099-8_1068-1
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