In this article we present the results of a Big Five personality test among 59 religious entrepreneurs (church planters) in Europe, and we compare these results with (a) a general database, and (b) existing research among secular entrepreneurs. Our study concludes that church planters are significantly more extravert and significantly less neurotic than the general population. Although our research also indicates that church planters are more agreeable and more conscientious than the general population, differences on these items were not significant. As to openness to experience, there was no difference between church planters and the general population. Comparison with research among secular entrepreneurs leads to rather ambiguous results. The only shared trait that can be established with some reliability is that both church planters and secular entrepreneurs are less neurotic than other people.

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欧洲教会植堂者的性格特征

在本文中，我们展示了对欧洲 59 位宗教企业家（教堂种植者）进行的大五人格测试结果，并将这些结果与 (a) 通用数据库和 (b) 世俗企业家的现有研究进行了比较。我们的研究得出的结论是，与一般人群相比，教会建立者明显更外向，神经质也明显更少。尽管我们的研究还表明，教会建立者比一般人群更随和、更尽责，但在这些项目上的差异并不显着。至于经验的开放性，教会建立者和一般人群没有区别。与世俗企业家之间的研究进行比较会导致相当模糊的结果。