Entrepreneurial Passion and Personality: The Case of Academic Entrepreneurship.

ABSTRACT: Since entrepreneurial thinking and acting within organizations is increasingly important for the success of organizations, entrepreneurial passion is an emerging key construct in the study of organizational behavior. Here we quantify effects of personality traits on entrepreneurial passion in organizations, thereby comparing a person- vs. variable-oriented trait approach and testing such effects against alternative explanation models (rational choice approach, social learning approach, and social identity approach). Analyzing data from N = 137 German scientists across two measurement occasions, structural equation modeling revealed that an entrepreneurial Big Five profile (person-oriented approach), but none of the single Big Five traits (variable-oriented approach), predicted entre

SUBMITTER: Obschonka M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6335975 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature