Personality Traits and Shame to Entrepreneurship  

作　　者：Elifas Gongalves Junior 

机构地区：[1]Federal University of Mato Grosso, Brazil

出　　处：《Sociology Study》2016年第12期766-774,共9页

摘　　要：The failure of the parent＇s company has psychological, social, and economic repercussions for the children of theseentrepreneurs. Research has identified that the personality traits of conscientiousness and neuroticism are the majorinfluencers of the shame of parental failure among personality traits. The dimensions of openness, extraversion, andagreeableness were not significant. The research is quantitative and cross-sectional. The sample is non-probabilistic andconvenient, consisting of literate people from five continents and 33 countries, with a greater predominance of responsesfrom Brazil and Portugal. Data collection on-line was carried out by average social workers, allied to 19 institutions of highereducation. The metric used is called the five dimensions of personality--short version. A multiple linear regression wasperformed to assess the intensity of the five dimensions of personality. Conscientiousness and neuroticism were significantpredictors of shame. The results are important to help characterize the children of entrepreneurs who have failed and fill agap in the literature on entrepreneurship.

关 键 词：Shame  entrepreneurship  failure  personality  BIG-FIVE 

分 类 号：C0[社会学]