Abstract
In the hard times when educated persons can not get a job, self employment is referred as the solution. But
entrepreneurship is not the function that might be outcome of simple efforts. It requires a regular and permanent
attitude as part of personality. This research aims to study the impact of personal traits on entrepreneurial intentions of
university students. Two individual personality traits were taken as predictor of entrepreneurial intentions, locus of
control and self efficacy. Data was collected from the sample size of 276 university students. All of the students were in
the final semesters of their studies. Results show strong relation between personal traits and entrepreneurial
intentions. However some demographic characteristics like gender were insignificant with the intentions to become
entrepreneurs, but prior experience, family exposure to business and entrepreneurial education have significant
relation with intentions to become an entrepreneur.
Ishfaq Ahmed, Muhammad Ramzan, Muhammad Usman. (2010) Impact of Personality Traits on Entrepreneurial Intentions of University Students, Journal of Independent Studies and Research-Management, Social Sciences and Economics, Volume-08, Issue-2.
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