Correlation between psychological characteristics and entrepreneurial success: a study of Malay women entrepreneurs / Nurwahida Fuad and Abdul Manaf Bohari

Nowadays, with the emphasis on knowledge based economy, entrepreneurs hip is an important factor to attain its competitive and dynamic character. It is the driving force for the achievement of economic development and contributes to personal development. Furthermore, firms owned by women entrepreneu...

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Main Authors:	Fuad, Nurwahida, Bohari, Abdul Manaf
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Universiti Teknologi MARA, Pulau Pinang & Pusat Penerbitan Universiti (UPENA) 2010
Online Access:	http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/16499/ http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/16499/1/AJ_NURWAHIDA%20FUAD%20ESTEEM%2010%281%29.pdf

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spelling	uitm-164992019-11-15T02:03:09Z http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/16499/ Correlation between psychological characteristics and entrepreneurial success: a study of Malay women entrepreneurs / Nurwahida Fuad and Abdul Manaf Bohari Fuad, Nurwahida Bohari, Abdul Manaf Nowadays, with the emphasis on knowledge based economy, entrepreneurs hip is an important factor to attain its competitive and dynamic character. It is the driving force for the achievement of economic development and contributes to personal development. Furthermore, firms owned by women entrepreneurs are become vital contribution for economic development in the world nowadays. Women entrepreneurs play an important role in entrepreneurs hip world especially in Small Medium Enterprise (SME) because women are effectively involved in many entrepreneurs sectors. Meanwhile, psychological characteristics of entrepreneurs also have received particular attention all over the world, specifically the need of achievement and locus of control. Thus, the purpose of this study is to investigate the correlation between psychological characteristics (need for achievement and locus of control) and entrepreneurial success among Malay women entrepreneurs in Malaysia. This study was conducted among 150 Malay women entrepreneurs in Malaysia were listed in USAHANITA s online directory. The finding obtained from this study indicated that there was a significant (2 tailed significant) positive correlation between psychological characteristics and entrepreneurial success. Meanwhile, the results indicated that variable need for achievement contributes high influence toward women entrepreneurial success and for this there were suggestions to establish the high level of variables need for achievement. Universiti Teknologi MARA, Pulau Pinang & Pusat Penerbitan Universiti (UPENA) 2010 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/16499/1/AJ_NURWAHIDA%20FUAD%20ESTEEM%2010%281%29.pdf Fuad, Nurwahida and Bohari, Abdul Manaf (2010) Correlation between psychological characteristics and entrepreneurial success: a study of Malay women entrepreneurs / Nurwahida Fuad and Abdul Manaf Bohari. Esteem Academic Journal, 6 (2). pp. 19-40. ISSN 1675-7939
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description	Nowadays, with the emphasis on knowledge based economy, entrepreneurs hip is an important factor to attain its competitive and dynamic character. It is the driving force for the achievement of economic development and contributes to personal development. Furthermore, firms owned by women entrepreneurs are become vital contribution for economic development in the world nowadays. Women entrepreneurs play an important role in entrepreneurs hip world especially in Small Medium Enterprise (SME) because women are effectively involved in many entrepreneurs sectors. Meanwhile, psychological characteristics of entrepreneurs also have received particular attention all over the world, specifically the need of achievement and locus of control. Thus, the purpose of this study is to investigate the correlation between psychological characteristics (need for achievement and locus of control) and entrepreneurial success among Malay women entrepreneurs in Malaysia. This study was conducted among 150 Malay women entrepreneurs in Malaysia were listed in USAHANITA s online directory. The finding obtained from this study indicated that there was a significant (2 tailed significant) positive correlation between psychological characteristics and entrepreneurial success. Meanwhile, the results indicated that variable need for achievement contributes high influence toward women entrepreneurial success and for this there were suggestions to establish the high level of variables need for achievement.
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author_facet	Fuad, Nurwahida Bohari, Abdul Manaf
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title	Correlation between psychological characteristics and entrepreneurial success: a study of Malay women entrepreneurs / Nurwahida Fuad and Abdul Manaf Bohari
title_short	Correlation between psychological characteristics and entrepreneurial success: a study of Malay women entrepreneurs / Nurwahida Fuad and Abdul Manaf Bohari
title_full	Correlation between psychological characteristics and entrepreneurial success: a study of Malay women entrepreneurs / Nurwahida Fuad and Abdul Manaf Bohari
title_fullStr	Correlation between psychological characteristics and entrepreneurial success: a study of Malay women entrepreneurs / Nurwahida Fuad and Abdul Manaf Bohari
title_full_unstemmed	Correlation between psychological characteristics and entrepreneurial success: a study of Malay women entrepreneurs / Nurwahida Fuad and Abdul Manaf Bohari
title_sort	correlation between psychological characteristics and entrepreneurial success: a study of malay women entrepreneurs / nurwahida fuad and abdul manaf bohari
publisher	Universiti Teknologi MARA, Pulau Pinang & Pusat Penerbitan Universiti (UPENA)
publishDate	2010
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Correlation between psychological characteristics and entrepreneurial success: a study of Malay women entrepreneurs / Nurwahida Fuad and Abdul Manaf Bohari

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