The entrepreneurial intentions of individuals play a phenomenal role in establishment of new ventures, which in turn facilitates economic development. The study aims to identify the various dimensions of personality traits along with several other precursors of entrepreneurial intentions and investigates impact of the identified factors on entrepreneurial intentions of top five university students in India. The data for research were collected through a structured questionnaire employing a 7-point Likert scale based on purposive sampling technique. The identified constructs considered to be determinants of entrepreneurial intentions were need for achievement, locus of control, risk-taking propensity, innovativeness, self-efficacy, proactiveness, perseverance, entrepreneurial alertness and entrepreneurial attitude. The findings of the study reveal that ‘need for achievement’ was the most significant precursor of entrepreneurial intentions; whereas, ‘entrepreneurial alertness’ and ‘entrepreneurial attitude’ dimensions of personality traits were also found to have a positive correlation with entrepreneurial intentions of university students. Moreover, entrepreneurial alertness partially mediates the relationship between self-efficacy and proactiveness on the one hand and entrepreneurial intentions on the other.

个人的创业意图在建立新企业方面发挥着非凡的作用，这反过来又促进了经济发展。该研究旨在确定个性特征的各个维度以及创业意图的其他几个前兆，并调查确定的因素对印度排名前五的大学生创业意图的影响。研究数据是通过结构化问卷收集的，该问卷采用基于目的抽样技术的李克特 7 点量表。被认为是创业意图决定因素的已识别结构是成就需要、控制点、冒险倾向、创新性、自我效能感、主动性、毅力、创业警觉性和创业态度。研究结果表明，“成就需要”是创业意图最重要的前兆；而人格特质的“创业警觉性”和“创业态度”维度也与大学生的创业意向呈正相关。此外，创业警觉性一方面在自我效能感和主动性之间起部分中介作用，另一方面在创业意向之间起中介作用。