Personality Type and Entrepreneurial Intention: A Comparative Study on Post-Graduate Students and Entrepreneurs

Abstract

The study is designed to identify the effect of Personality Type (PT) on Entrepreneurial Intention (EI) using the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI). The data was gathered from 370 students pursuing postgraduate programs and 50 entrepreneurs across India. A structured questionnaire was administered using the MBTI tool. The data was analyzed using Configuration Frequency Analysis (CFA) to analyze the multiway table contingency. CFA results classified the data into type and antitype. Further inference was drawn considering Extroversion, Intuition, Feeling, and Judging (ENFJ) as the dominant type and Extroversion Sensing, Feeling and Judging (ESFJ) as the dominant antitype. Intuition as a leading trait of EI tends to look at the overall picture rather than specific instances and is future-oriented. Sensing as a leading trait in antitype are predisposed to facts and figures and are present-oriented. The study’s originality lies in exploring students' EI with their PT compared to the entrepreneurs.