PURPOSE We examine gender differences in personality traits of people with and without entrepreneurial intent to assess whether women who intend to become entrepreneurs exhibit particular tendencies that can be fostered. DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH Participants completed an online battery of well-established questionnaires to cover a range of personality traits relevant to entrepreneurship and gender. Participants also answered items concerning intent to become an entrepreneur. A factor analysis of personality traits produced four factors (Esteem and Power, Ambition, Risk Propensity, and Communal Tendency, the latter reflecting Openness and Cooperation, without Hubris). We constructed four parallel regression models to examine how gender, entrepreneurial intent, and the interaction of gender with intent related to these four personality factor scores. FINDINGS Participants who endorsed a desire to become an entrepreneur reported higher Ambition. Women with entrepreneurial intentions endorsed higher levels of Communal Tendency than men with entrepreneurial intent. Those without entrepreneurial intent did not show gender differences in Communal Tendency. IMPLICATIONS Current findings suggest that men and women who intend to become entrepreneurs share many traits, but women with entrepreneurial intent show unique elevations in communal tendencies. Thus, a worthwhile locus for intervention into the gender disparity in self-employment may be providing space for and acknowledgement of prosocial motivation and goals as one successful route to entrepreneurship. ORIGINALITY/VALUE Given the underutilized economic potential of women entrepreneurs, there is a fundamental need for a rich array of research on factors that limit and promote women's entry into entrepreneurship. Current findings indicate that personality may be one piece of this puzzle.

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创业意图、性别和个性之间的关系。

目的 我们检查具有和不具有创业意图的人的人格特征的性别差异，以评估打算成为企业家的女性是否表现出可以培养的特定倾向。设计/方法/方法 参与者完成了一系列完善的在线问卷调查，涵盖与创业和性别相关的一系列人格特征。参与者还回答了有关打算成为企业家的问题。人格特质的因素分析产生了四个因素（自尊和权力、野心、风险倾向和公共倾向，后者反映了开放和合作，没有傲慢）。我们构建了四个平行回归模型来检验性别、创业意图、以及与这四个人格因素得分相关的性别与意图的相互作用。结果 赞同成为企业家的愿望的参与者报告了更高的野心。有创业意图的女性比有创业意图的男性认可更高水平的公共倾向。那些没有创业意图的人在公共倾向中没有表现出性别差异。影响 目前的研究结果表明，打算成为企业家的男性和女性具有许多共同特征，但具有创业意图的女性在公共倾向方面表现出独特的提升。因此，对个体经营中的性别差异进行干预的一个有价值的地方可能是为亲社会动机和目标提供空间并予以承认，这是成功的创业途径。原创性/价值 鉴于女性企业家的经济潜力未得到充分利用，有必要对限制和促进女性创业的因素进行大量研究。目前的研究结果表明，性格可能是这个难题的一部分。