TY - GEN
T1 - The fit between entrepreneurs' personality (ENTP) and the profile of the venture (VP) they manage and business success
T2 - 2008 Portland International Center for Management of Engineering and Technology, Technology Management for a Sustainable Economy, PICMET '08
AU - Dvir, Dov
AU - Sadeh, Arik
AU - Malach-Pines, Ayala
PY - 2008/9/30
Y1 - 2008/9/30
N2 - Person-Organization Fit, the match between individuals and the organizations in which they work, has been extended to the fit between entrepreneurs' personality (ENTP) and the profiles of ventures (VP) they manage, and its relationship to the venture's success. Sixty three Israeli entrepreneurs working in new ventures responded to a specially designed questionnaire that included the following parts: (A) provided general data on the new venture; (B) assessed the venture type along two dimensions: Novelty and Technological uncertainty; (C) assessed the entrepreneurs' personality that seemed relevant to these two dimensions and (D) assessed the ventures' success. Findings revealed that entrepreneurs in high Novelty and high Technological Uncertainty ventures had higher education and were more investigative, entrepreneurial, secure, curious and adventurous and less abiding of rules than those in low Novelty and Technological uncertainty ventures. These findings were interpreted as suggesting that entrepreneurs are more attracted to ventures that fit their personality. In addition, high novelty high technological uncertainty ventures were found to be significantly more successful (on 7 out of 10 success measures used) when compared to the low novelty and low technological uncertainty ventures.
AB - Person-Organization Fit, the match between individuals and the organizations in which they work, has been extended to the fit between entrepreneurs' personality (ENTP) and the profiles of ventures (VP) they manage, and its relationship to the venture's success. Sixty three Israeli entrepreneurs working in new ventures responded to a specially designed questionnaire that included the following parts: (A) provided general data on the new venture; (B) assessed the venture type along two dimensions: Novelty and Technological uncertainty; (C) assessed the entrepreneurs' personality that seemed relevant to these two dimensions and (D) assessed the ventures' success. Findings revealed that entrepreneurs in high Novelty and high Technological Uncertainty ventures had higher education and were more investigative, entrepreneurial, secure, curious and adventurous and less abiding of rules than those in low Novelty and Technological uncertainty ventures. These findings were interpreted as suggesting that entrepreneurs are more attracted to ventures that fit their personality. In addition, high novelty high technological uncertainty ventures were found to be significantly more successful (on 7 out of 10 success measures used) when compared to the low novelty and low technological uncertainty ventures.
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U2 - 10.1109/PICMET.2008.4599683
DO - 10.1109/PICMET.2008.4599683
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:52449132649
SN - 1890843172
SN - 9781890843175
T3 - PICMET: Portland International Center for Management of Engineering and Technology, Proceedings
SP - 764
EP - 770
BT - PICMET '08 - 2008 Portland International Center for Management of Engineering and Technology, Proceedings Technology Management for a Sustainable Economy
Y2 - 27 July 2008 through 31 July 2008
ER -