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  • Olisiko minusta yrittäjäksi? : persoonallisuuden rooli nuoruuden yrittäjyysaikomuksissa 7. luokalla ja lukion 3. luokalla 
    Lönnrot, Susanna (2020)
    Objectives. Entrepreneurship is the future of work and the need for entrepreneurial skills is increasing with any type of work. But who can become an entrepreneur and does it require a certain kind of personality? The objective of this study was to increase the understanding about the role that personality has in entrepreneurial intention during adolescence. The study was conducted by analysing the differences in personality traits between 7th grade and high school 3rd grade students, examining how personality traits explain entrepreneurial intention and comparing different personality profiles based on entrepreneurial intention. There has been little research about entrepreneurial intentions among adolescence. Furthermore, the results from previous research have shown mixed results on the association between personality and entrepreneurial intentions, making the topic interesting. Methods. The data for this study were acquired as a longitudinal data from Mind the Gap -project that was funded by the Academy of Finland. The data were collected in 2014 (7th grade n=1310) and 2019 (high school 3rd grade n=751). Personality was measured using Big Five personality traits: neuroticism, extraversion, agreeableness, openness and conscientiousness. The paired t-test was used to analyze the differences in personality traits between 7th grade and high school 3rd grade students. The associations between personality traits and entrepreneurial intention were examined using regression analysis. Cluster analysis was used to form personality profiles and the differences between profiles based on entrepreneurial intention were analysed using one-way analysis of variance. Results and conclusions. There were no statistically significant differences in the personality traits between 7th grade and high school 3rd grade students. Openness was the only personality trait that explained entrepreneurial intention of 7th grade students. Neuroticism (inverted) and openness explained entrepreneurial intention of high school 3rd grade students. The effect size was low on both measurement points. The participants were classified into four profiles based on their personality traits: 1) Entrepreneurial, 2) Amicable, 3) Creative introvert, and 4) Reserved. Participants with Entrepreneurial profile reported more entrepreneurial intentions than participants with Amicable and Reserved. The findings suggest that even though personality was significantly associated with entrepreneurial intention, the role of personality was not major. This means that most of the variance of entrepreneurial intention can be explained with other variables. The results can be applied especially to entrepreneurial education in schools where adolescents can be encouraged to consider entrepreneurship regardless of their personality traits.
  • Ovatko tavoiteorientaatiot ja persoonallisuuden piirteet yhteydessä toisiinsa? Eksploratiivinen faktorianalyysi 
    Lammela, Ellinoora (2023)
    Objectives. The aim of this article-form Master’s thesis was to find out whether goal orientations are related personality traits and whether these connections change with age. Goal orientation theory refers to an individual's way of reacting to situations that require ambition, such as schoolwork. It divides people into goal orientation profiles according to whether it is typical for them to aim for learning, achievement (either absolute, such as grades, or to do better than others) or to avoid a task, for example, out of fear of failure. The term personality is used to describe a person's way of being and reacting to the world around them. It is thought to be part of an individual's innermost essence, which distinguishes them from others. In this research, personality traits are measured using the Big Five questionnaire. The Big Five theory divides personality in five traits, extraversion, neurotism, agreeableness, consciousness, and openness to experience. Methods. The data in this study a part of the Mind The Gap and Bridging The Gap research projects. The data consists of a total of 2,769 subjects and was collected by a collective on professors from the University of Helsinki, University of Turku, and University of Jyväskylä annually in the space of 8 years. In order to limit the material, 3 sections of the data were included in this study, which were named and analyzed separately: 6th grade, 9th grade and high school. The research is an exploratory factor analysis. Based on the theory, 10 factors were formed from the data and the factor correlations between the factors were analyzed. Results and conclusions. Based on this research, it seems that goal orientations and personality traits are connected. All goal orientations had statistically significant, at least moderate in strength, connections with at least one personality trait. Each personality trait correlates with at least one goal orientation at least moderately and statistically significantly. The strongest positive factor correlations were found between achievement-avoidance orientation and neuroticism, and the strongest negative associations between avoidance orientation and conscientiousness. It seems that the direction of the connections doesn’t change between the different age groups. Previous studies on the subject support the results obtained in this study. However, more longitudinal research on the subject is needed.

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