Abstract
The relationship between Entrepreneurial Attitude Orientations (Robinson, Stimpson, Huefner & Hunt, 1991) and different biographic/demographic, personality and work related variables were investigated. The sample consists of 375 professionals, 200 pharmacists and 175 accountants. The personality variables measured are Type A behaviour, Locus of Control Inventory, Career Orientations and Self-Concept. The work related variables are job satisfaction and job involvement. Some strong relationships were found between entrepreneurial attitudes and personality and work variables. Multiple Regression Analyses also identified strong predictors of the different entrepreneurial attitude dependent variables.
Highlights
The relationship between Entrepreneurial Attitude Orientations (Robinson, Stimpson, Huefner & Hunt, 1991) and different biographic/demographic, personality and work related variables were investigated
At the 95 per cent confidence level only four of the 16 correlations showed significant relationships between the constructs embodied in the Entrepreneurial Attitude Orientation Scale and biographic/demographic variables
The relationships of the entrepreneurial attitude scale and sub-scales and the personality and the work variables for the total sample were further investigated by means of Spearman correlation coefficients
Summary
The relationship between Entrepreneurial Attitude Orientations (Robinson, Stimpson, Huefner & Hunt, 1991) and different biographic/demographic, personality and work related variables were investigated. Some strong relationships were found between entrepreneurial attitudes and personality and work variables. In third world countries and in under developed economy societies, job creation is a high priority. This is true of many countries in sub-Saharan Africa. The studies carried out in these areas were criticised as lacking a clear paradigm guiding the research (Bygrave, 1989) and as not yielding results of any consistency nor a clear picture of the characteristics of entrepreneurial individuals (Gartner, 1988). Stimpson, Heufner & Hunt (1991) agreed with Gartner (1988) that new directions in entrepreneurial research had to be identified. Entrepreneurial attitudes can be defined as predetermined but changeable thoughts, feelings and behavioural intentions covering organisational creation and operation
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