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The impact of personality traits and abilities on entrepreneurial orientation in SMEs

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Pages 269-294 | Received 22 Oct 2018, Accepted 07 Sep 2019, Published online: 30 Sep 2019
 

Abstract

Entrepreneurial orientation is especially important for economic growth, innovation, and employment. This paper investigates how entrepreneurs’ narcissism and resilience affect the entrepreneurial orientation of small and medium sized enterprises. We identify two sides of entrepreneur narcissism: exhibitionism and manipulation. Using survey data from 114 firms, our results show that the exhibitionistic sides of narcissism and entrepreneur resilience have a positive effect on entrepreneurial orientation, while the manipulative side of narcissism has a negative impact. Our findings show also that resilience moderates the relationship between narcissism and entrepreneurial orientation. This study contributes to the understanding of the antecedents of entrepreneurial orientation.

RÉSUMÉ

Le concept de l’orientation entrepreneuriale est particulièrement important pour la croissance économique, l’innovation et l’emploi. Cet article examine comment le narcissisme et la résilience des entrepreneurs peuvent avoir une incidence sur l’orientation entrepreneuriale des petites et moyennes entreprises. Nous identifions deux facettes du narcissisme des entrepreneurs: l’exhibitionnisme et la manipulation. En utilisant les données de sondage de 114 entreprises, nos résultats montrent que les aspects exhibitionnistes du narcissisme et de la résilience des entrepreneurs ont un effet positif sur l’orientation entrepreneuriale, alors que le côté manipulateur du narcissisme a un effet négatif. Nos résultats montrent également que la résilience modère la relation entre le narcissisme et l’orientation entrepreneuriale. Cet article contribue à la compréhension des antécédents de l’orientation entrepreneuriale.

Acknowledgments

The authors appreciate the valuable comments of reviewers and editor that helped in improving the article.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

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