Linfang Zhang, Khalid Rimsha, Raza Mohsin, Chanrawang Noppadol, Parveen Rehana
School of Business Administration, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, Sichuan, China.
Department of Business Management, Limkokwing University of Creative Technology, Cyberjaya, Malaysia.
Front Psychol. 2021 Dec 23;12:796272. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.796272. eCollection 2021.
The worth of women's entrepreneurship is accepted globally, but there is less focus on it in developing countries, and societal expectations mean women often lack the confidence to start their own business. The core purpose of this research is to investigate the influence of personality traits on women's inclination toward entrepreneurship. The personality traits are measured through the dimensions of openness, neuroticism, extraversion, conscientiousness, and agreeableness. Further, the study introduced the mediator of self-leadership on personality traits and entrepreneurial intentions of women. The study is quantitative in nature and used a questionnaire survey to collect the data by convenience sampling technique. The data was collected in the context of Pakistan, and Smart PLS was chosen for further analysis. The findings revealed the significance of the relationship between personality traits and entrepreneurial intention. Furthermore, the study also highlighted the significance of self-leadership as a mediator and proposed significant relationships. The study suggested that personality issues should be considered and used from a business perspective, and self-leadership is important for women. The study provides room for policymakers and institutes to inform educational policies to motivate women entrepreneurs for the future.
女性创业的价值在全球范围内得到认可，但在发展中国家对其关注较少，而且社会期望意味着女性往往缺乏创业的信心。本研究的核心目的是调查人格特质对女性创业倾向的影响。人格特质通过开放性、神经质、外向性、尽责性和宜人性等维度来衡量。此外，该研究引入了自我领导这一中介变量，以探讨其在女性人格特质与创业意图之间的作用。该研究本质上是定量研究，采用问卷调查法，通过便利抽样技术收集数据。数据在巴基斯坦的背景下收集，并选择Smart PLS进行进一步分析。研究结果揭示了人格特质与创业意图之间关系的重要性。此外，该研究还强调了自我领导作为中介变量的重要性，并提出了重要关系。该研究表明，应从商业角度考虑和利用人格问题，自我领导对女性很重要。该研究为政策制定者和机构提供了空间，以便为未来激励女性创业者制定教育政策提供参考。
