A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal
Born entrepreneurs? : Adolescents’ personality characteristics and entrepreneurship in adulthood
Authors: Jutta Viinikainen, Guido Heineck, Petri Böckerman, Mirka Hintsanen, Olli Raitakari, Jaakko Pehkonen
Publisher: Elsevier
Publication year: 2017
Journal: Journal of Business Venturing Insights
Volume: 8
First page : 9
Last page: 12
Number of pages: 4
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbvi.2017.05.001
Web address : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbvi.2017.05.001
Is there an entrepreneurial personality, and does it appear early in life? We provide a new answer to this important question by examining traits related to Type A behavior (Aggression, Leadership, Responsibility, and Eagerness-Energy) measured during adolescence and their relationship to entrepreneurship propensity in adulthood. The results indicate that the early-life Leadership dimension is significantly associated with a higher likelihood of 1) becoming an entrepreneur and 2) being more successful as an entrepreneur, as approximated by sales.