scholarly journals The right stuff? Personality and entrepreneurship

10.3982/qe748 ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 643-691 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barton H. Hamilton ◽  
Nicholas W. Papageorge ◽  
Nidhi Pande
Keyword(s):  
Personality Traits ◽  
Small Businesses ◽  
Structural Model ◽  
Credit Constraints ◽  
Emotional Skills ◽  
Self Employment ◽  
Relative Earnings ◽  
The Right ◽  
The Impact

We construct a structural model of entry into self‐employment to evaluate the impact of policies supporting entrepreneurship. Previous work has recognized that workers may opt for self‐employment due to the nonpecuniary benefits of running a business and not necessarily because they are good at it. Other literature has examined how socio‐emotional skills, such as personality traits, affect selection into self‐employment. We link these two lines of inquiry. The model we estimate captures three factors that affect selection into self‐employment: credit constraints, relative earnings, and preferences. We incorporate personality traits by allowing them to affect sector‐specific earnings as well as preferences. The estimated model reveals that the personality traits that make entrepreneurship profitable are not always the same traits driving people to open a business. This has important consequences for entrepreneurship policies. For example, subsidies for small businesses do not attract talented‐but‐reluctant entrepreneurs, but instead attract individuals with personality traits associated with strong preferences for running a business and low‐quality business ideas.

Consequences of Growth

2006 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 141-148 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dave Valliere
Keyword(s):  
Small Businesses ◽  
Structural Model ◽  
Using Data ◽  
The Impact

This study reanalyses data collected over a 10-year period concerning the attitudes towards growth of managers of small businesses, and the beliefs underlying these attitudes. Previous studies have assumed that financial and non-financial dimensions were of primary importance. Using data from earlier research, this paper develops a structural model to demonstrate that growth attitudes are better conceptualized as being driven by beliefs about the nature of the costs, rewards and risks of growth. Of these, the impact of growth on rewards and risks to the firm was found to be most important.

scholarly journals Microfinance As A Tool For Poverty Reduction: A Study Of Jordan

2015 ◽  
Vol 46 (4) ◽  
pp. 172-180 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Žiaková ◽  
V. Verner
Keyword(s):  
Small Businesses ◽  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Social Situation ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
Microfinance Institutions ◽  
Self Employment ◽  
The Poor ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Female Clients

Abstract The aim of this study is to evaluate the impact of microfinance on the poor, particularly in the specific areas of economic and social development of people and their employment. The research was carried out in Jordan, a country with a well-developed microfinance sector. The results have shown that microfinance has led to an improvement in the financial and social situation of the poor, especially for female clients of microfinance institutions. Interestingly, the higher income of clients has not caused higher expenditure on their basic needs, but rather people have generated saving for their future and used the additional money for education. According to the results of the microfinance impact assessment, it can be assumed that people, particularly females, prefer to improve the social situation for future generations. Based on this finding, we consider microfinance an effective tool for breaking the vicious circles of poverty, especially in Jordan. Furthermore, microcredits have facilitated in increasing employment for the poor, mainly through self-employment. It is believed that there exists a direct connection to the future expansion of microcredits that will lead to the development of small businesses with a promising impact on employability throughout the population structure.

scholarly journals The Influence of Disruptive Technologies in the Field of Defense

2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 288-292
Author(s):  
Ileana Metea
Keyword(s):  
Multinational Corporations ◽  
Small Businesses ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
Strategic Decision ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Portable Devices ◽  
Automation Systems ◽  
Impact Of Technology ◽  
The Right ◽  
The Impact

Abstract The impact of technology in the field of defense is often analyzed in terms of the quality and quantity of the tasks provided, another issue being how man and machine can collaborate in order to make the right choices while maintaining the human autonomy. This dilemma affects the workplace all over the world, from small businesses to large multinational corporations from households to and nation states. The development of military strategies is increasingly disrupted by artificial intelligence-based technologies that accelerate automation systems and processes. From weapon systems to so-called high-tech portable devices – digital equipment innovations are benefitting the armed forces, from logistics and strategic decision-making to training and combat action. It is not certain where these changes will lead to, but our future in this increasingly technology-dependent world will be largely determined by the social, political and economic decisions we are making today.

scholarly journals The Impact of Micro-finance on Self-employment and Poverty Reduction: A case of Sindh Rural Support Organization and Tameer Micro Finance Bank, Sindh

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (32) ◽  
pp. 18-27
Author(s):  
Israr Ahmed ◽  
Imamuddin Khoso
Keyword(s):  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Structural Model ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Self Employment ◽  
Support Organization ◽  
Research Article ◽  
Rural And Urban ◽  
Independent Variable ◽  
The Impact

Micro finance is well-organized and successful instrument to decrease poverty. Although microfinance Sector in Pakistan has recognize important development and attain little cost formations. The major reason of study is to forecast that how Micro finance decreases poverty or not and method of self-employment in rural and urban of Sindh successful or not. A most important mean of this research article was to calculate that what type of Impact of microfinance on reduction of poverty and Self-employment with Supply lending and Demand following hypotheses theory. Researcher used Stratified random sampling technique 500 clients of each organization (TMB and SRSO) was selected for testing PLS with Smartpls 3. After assessment of responses with the help PLS of measurement and structural model result shows positive impact of independent variable (IV) on Dependent variables (DVs).

scholarly journals The impact of the international crisis on the entrepreneurial intentions of refugees

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dianne H.B. Welsh ◽  
Dalia Othman ◽  
Baker Alserhan ◽  
Jusuf Zeqiri ◽  
Amro Al-Madadha ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Small Businesses ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Entrepreneurial Intentions ◽  
Syrian Refugees ◽  
International Crisis ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Self Employment ◽  
Entrepreneurial Activities ◽  
The Impact

PurposeWe investigate the entrepreneurial intentions of a population under crisis — namely, recent Syrian refugees in Jordan — and Jordanian citizens to start small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic.Design/methodology/approachUsing a structured two-part survey, data were collected through online self-reported questionnaires in which respondents subjectively reported self-perceptions. The first part dealt with respondents’ characteristics and the second with their entrepreneurial intentions. The survey took place in Jordan, sampling Jordanian citizens and Syrian refugees. A nonprobability sampling technique was used to collect the data.FindingsThe results show that net desirability for self-employment, tolerance for risk and self-efficacy are related to entrepreneurial intentions. We find significant differences between the Syrian refugees and the Jordanian citizens in terms of risk-taking and self-efficacy as determinants of engagement in entrepreneurial activities.Originality/valueThis study offers guidance to institutions working with refugees during times of crisis. Implications are discussed.

Meritocracy, personality traits and recruitment: some insights from the Qatari enterprising community

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
AbdulWahab Esmaeel Baroun
Keyword(s):  
Personality Traits ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
The State ◽  
Recruitment Process ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Modelling Analysis ◽  
The Right ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide a picture on the impact of the meritocracy and personality traits on the recruitment process in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the State of Qatar. Design/methodology/approach The study used ADANCO software for carrying a structural equation modelling analysis and for descriptive statistics. Findings The findings showed that meritocracy and personality traits had an impact on recruitment process. In addition, meritocracy showed to be more important than personality traits in the recruitment process. Research limitations/implications This research is conducted only in one country, i.e. the State of Qatar, and findings cannot be generalised for other countries in the Gulf Cooperation Council and abroad. Extending this research in other countries and comparing the findings will help create a better portray on the role of meritocracy and personality traits on the recruitment process. Practical implications This paper will help the Qatari and other SMEs owners to use a more comprehensive approach during the recruitment of their employees, considering that the process of recruitment plays an important role within the overall human resource management. Recruiting the right people has become an extremely daunting mission for SMEs, given that competition for talent is increasingly becoming a very tough and uncompromising issue. Originality/value To the best of the author’s knowledge, this is the only paper that has researched the role of meritocracy and personality traits on the recruitment process in the SMEs in the State of Qatar and abroad. Separate studies were conducted that treat the impact of meritocracy and personality on recruiting the right person(s) for the company, but none treated these aspects together in one single paper.

Do employees' attributes and capabilities matter the intention to become a supply chain manager? Structural model analysis

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 505-523 ◽  
Author(s):  
Md. Shah Newaz ◽  
Mina Hemmati ◽  
Muhammad Khalilur Rahman ◽  
Suhaiza Zailani
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Structural Model ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Behavioral Control ◽  
Perceived Behavioral Control ◽  
Sampling Frame ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Right ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

PurposeThis study aims to investigate how the employees' attributes, capabilities, behavioral control and behavioral intentions affect their intention to become a supply chain manager (SCM). The study also investigates how employees' capabilities mediate the relationship between attributes and intention to become SCM.Design/methodology/approachThe purposive sampling frame is employed to collect the data, and multiple statistical tools and techniques are used for analyzing the data.FindingsThe findings reveal that attributes are the most crucial factor for the capabilities of employees to become successful SCM. Employees' behavioral intention and capabilities have a significant impact on intention, whereas perceived behavioral control has a significant negative impact on it. Also, the result finds that capabilities partially mediate the relationship between attributes and intention to become an SCM.Research limitations/implicationsThe study extends the application of employees' intention to become a supply chain manager. The idea collected is based on Malaysia; thus, further study should be extended to assess the impact of employees' attributes, capabilities and behavioral control to become SCM as well as economic performance in other countries.Originality/valueTo the best of the authors' knowledge, this is the first empirical analysis on the relationship between employees' attributes, capabilities, behavioral control and intention to become SCM in the context of Malaysia. The findings will help the top management to select the right people as SCM and improve their attributes, capabilities and behavior so that they become an effective SCM.

Emotional Reactivity to Visual Content as Revealed by ERP Component Clustering

2015 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 135-146 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miroslaw Wyczesany ◽  
Szczepan J. Grzybowski ◽  
Jan Kaiser
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Reactivity ◽  
Brain Activity ◽  
Affective State ◽  
Occipital Lobe ◽  
Stimulus Onset ◽  
Emotional States ◽  
Neural Basis ◽  
Temporoparietal Junction ◽  
The Right ◽  
The Impact

Abstract. In the study, the neural basis of emotional reactivity was investigated. Reactivity was operationalized as the impact of emotional pictures on the self-reported ongoing affective state. It was used to divide the subjects into high- and low-responders groups. Independent sources of brain activity were identified, localized with the DIPFIT method, and clustered across subjects to analyse the visual evoked potentials to affective pictures. Four of the identified clusters revealed effects of reactivity. The earliest two started about 120 ms from the stimulus onset and were located in the occipital lobe and the right temporoparietal junction. Another two with a latency of 200 ms were found in the orbitofrontal and the right dorsolateral cortices. Additionally, differences in pre-stimulus alpha level over the visual cortex were observed between the groups. The attentional modulation of perceptual processes is proposed as an early source of emotional reactivity, which forms an automatic mechanism of affective control. The role of top-down processes in affective appraisal and, finally, the experience of ongoing emotional states is also discussed.

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