Abstract:
Entrepreneurs are national assets to be cultivated, motivated, and remunerated to the
greatest possible extent. The literature highlights the importance of studying
personality on entrepreneurial intention. Therefore, the main objective of this study is
to compare the impact of personality traits on the entrepreneurial intention of the
undergraduates of Faculty of Management Studies of Sabaragamuwa University of Sri
Lanka and the Faculty of Economics & Management, University of Szczecin, Poland.
The preliminary study results indicated that Poland undergraduates have a high
intention to become entrepreneurs rather than Sri Lankan undergraduates. The
research is conducted based on Positivistic research paradigm with quantitative
research methodology. Further, deductive approach was applied and data were
collected through a validated and reliable questionnaire. The study sample was 109
undergraduates from each country under the simple random sampling technique and
the data were analyzed using two separate multiple regression analysis to test the
hypotheses using SPSS 21.0 software. Among the significant factors of both
countries, this study found that only neuroticism negatively impacts on
entrepreneurial intention in Sri Lankan undergraduates while extraversion and
openness to experience positively impact in Poland undergraduates. This research
finding will contribute to the academic institutions in scheduling their curricular to
develop the personality of undergraduates in order to enhance their entrepreneurial
intention.
