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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EDUCATION, MODERN MANAGEMENT, APPLIED SCIENCE & SOCIAL SCIENCE (IJEMMASSS) [ Vol. 8 | No. 3 (II) | July-September, 2026 ]

Born to Build? Role of Personality Traits and Enterprising Ability

Prabhav Agrawal, Dr. Nupur Gosain & Anukriti Shukla

Personality refers to the relatively stable patterns of thoughts, feelings, and behaviours that distinguish one individual from another, commonly described through the Big Five framework of extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, neuroticism, and openness to experience. Enterprising ability, on the other hand, reflects a person’s tendency toward entrepreneurial behaviour, encompassing traits such as achievement-motivation, autonomy, creativity, risk-taking, and a strong internal locus of control. This study examined whether these two constructs are related among young adults. A total of 115 respondents took part, including 39 males, 75 females, and one participant who preferred not to disclose gender. Personality was measured using a short Big Five inventory, while enterprising ability was assessed using the GET2test, covering need for achievement, need for autonomy, creative tendency, calculated risk-taking, and locus of control. Descriptive statistics summarized the sample, Pearson correlations tested relationships between personality and enterprising ability, and independent-samples t-tests compared males and females on both measures. Results showed extraversion and openness to experience were positively related to enterprising ability, while neuroticism showed a negative pattern, especially with creative tendency. Conscientiousness related specifically to need for achievement rather than enterprising ability overall, and agreeableness showed little relationship. No significant gender differences emerged on any measure. Since the design was correlational, no cause-and-effect conclusions can be drawn.

Agrawal, P., Gosain, N. & Shukla, A. (2026). Born to Build? Role of Personality Traits and Enterprising Ability. International Journal of Education, Modern Management, Applied Science & Social Science, 08(03(II)), 41–49. https://doi.org/10.62823/IJEMMASSS/8.3(II).9354
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Article DOI: 10.62823/IJEMMASSS/8.3(II).9354

DOI URL: https://doi.org/10.62823/IJEMMASSS/8.3(II).9354


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