Purpose

The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of the Big Five personality traits on the entrepreneurial intentions of undergrad university students in Jordan. It further investigates the mediating role of entrepreneurial alertness.

Design/methodology/approach

A quantitative survey method was conducted with a convenience sample of Jordanian university students. A total of 323 valid questionnaires were received and analyzed. A structural equation modeling with partial least square (PLS) is used to analyze data.

Findings

Results revealed that conscientiousness, openness and alertness were associated with entrepreneurial intention. Extraversion and openness were associated with alertness, while agreeableness and neuroticism were unrelated to either outcome. Finally, alertness mediates the relationship between extraversion and openness with entrepreneurial intention.

Originality/value

There is a lack of previous studies investigating the relationship between the Big Five personality traits and students’ entrepreneurial intentions in Jordan, particularly the role of mediating variables in this relationship. This study is considered the first one that examined the mediating role of entrepreneurial alertness in the relationship between personality traits and entrepreneurial intentions.

中文翻译：

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大五人格特质对创业意向的影响：创业警觉性的中介作用

目的

本研究的目的是调查大五人格特质对约旦本科大学生创业意向的影响。它进一步调查了创业警觉性的中介作用。

设计/方法/方法

对约旦大学生的便利样本进行了定量调查方法。共收到并分析有效问卷323份。使用偏最小二乘 (PLS) 的结构方程建模来分析数据。

发现

结果显示，尽责性、开放性和警觉性与创业意愿相关。外向性和开放性与警觉性相关，而宜人性和神经质与任何结果都无关。最后，警觉性在外向性和开放性与创业意向之间起中介作用。

原创性/价值

以往缺乏研究约旦五巨头人格特质与学生创业意向之间的关系，尤其是中介变量在这种关系中的作用。这项研究被认为是第一个研究创业警觉性在人格特质和创业意图之间的关系中的中介作用的研究。