Can Personality Dimensions Influence Entrepreneurial Occupation Preference? an Exploratory Study of Dispositional Influences on Cognitive Processes (Manuscripts) Can Personality Dimensions Influence Entrepreneurial Occupation Preference? an Exploratory Study of Dispositional Influences on Cognitive Processes (Manuscripts)

Can Personality Dimensions Influence Entrepreneurial Occupation Preference? an Exploratory Study of Dispositional Influences on Cognitive Processes (Manuscripts‪)‬

Academy of Entrepreneurship Journal 2006, July, 12, 2

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ABSTRACT This study seeks to discern if there is a significant dispositional foundation for occupational preferences. Specifically, this paper seeks to determine if personality dimensions have any effect on an individual's cognitive expectancies (concerning perceived intrinsic and extrinsic occupational rewards) when considering an entrepreneurial career. Personality dimensions composing the Five-Factor Model of Personality are applied in this study and include Conscientious, Agreeableness, Extraversion, Neuroticism, and Openness to Experience. Conscientiousness determines responsibility versus inconsistency, Agreeableness measures sociability versus detachment, Extraversion determines assertiveness versus timidity, Neuroticism measures self-assurance versus insecurity, and Openness to Experience involves uniformity versus self-determination. Each of these dimensions is related to occupational preference for an entrepreneurial career and examined utilizing the Valence Model of the Expectancy Theory. The model consists of two variables, Instrumentality and Valence. Instrumentality (I) concerns the belief that the attainment of work-related goals will lead to rewards; and, Valence (V) refers to the value of those rewards to the individual.

GENRE
Business & Personal Finance
RELEASED
2006
July 1
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
44
Pages
PUBLISHER
The DreamCatchers Group, LLC
SELLER
The Gale Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation and an affiliate of Cengage Learning, Inc.
SIZE
354.5
KB

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