To be or not to be an entrepreneur...

Abstract

The research presented in this paper aims to explore the differences, at the level of entrepreneurial traits, between 215 participants in entrepreneurship education modules and a paired sample of 215 non-participants, the enrolment in this modules being considered as an explicit entrepreneurial behaviour. The results indicate that several personality and demographic aspects, such as social networking, business skills, independence, achievement motivation internal locus of control, and the academic specialization (economic and managerial studies) efficiently predict the involvement in entrepreneurial training.