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@article{191438,
        author = {Ravinjit Singh Pritam Singh and Dr. Siri Roland Xavier},
        title = {PERSONALITY TRAITS AND ENTREPRENEURIAL INTENTION: THE MEDIATING ROLES OF SELF-EFFICACY AND ACHIEVEMENT MOTIVATION},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2026},
        volume = {12},
        number = {8},
        pages = {6657-6664},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=191438},
        abstract = {This study examines the psychological determinants of entrepreneurial intention by analysing the direct and indirect effects of the Big Five personality traits through self-efficacy and achievement motivation. Grounded in the Big Five personality framework, Social Cognitive Theory, and Achievement Motivation Theory, the research adopts a quantitative approach and employs Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM) to test a comprehensive dual-mediation model. The findings indicate that all five personality traits—Extraversion, Openness to Experience, Conscientiousness, Neuroticism, and Agreeableness—significantly influence entrepreneurial intention. Both self-efficacy and achievement motivation exert strong positive effects on entrepreneurial intention, with self-efficacy emerging as the more influential mediator. Mediation analysis reveals that self-efficacy fully mediates the relationships of extraversion and agreeableness with entrepreneurial intention and partially mediates the effects of conscientiousness and neuroticism, while achievement motivation partially mediates only the relationships involving conscientiousness and neuroticism. The results highlight the critical role of confidence and achievement-oriented motivation in transforming personality traits into entrepreneurial aspirations. The study contributes to the entrepreneurship literature by offering an integrated psychological framework and provides practical implications for entrepreneurship education and development programs aimed at enhancing self-belief and motivation.},
        keywords = {Entrepreneurial intention; Big Five personality traits; Self-efficacy; Achievement motivation.},
        month = {January},
        }