Title:
THE EFFECT OF TEMPERAMENT AND CHARACTER OF BUSINESS PEOPLE ON ENTREPRENEURSHIP ORIENTATIONS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LEVEL OF A LOW-INCOME PROVINCE

Authors:
Fuat Oktay ,Turkey

Abstract:
The aim of this research is to examine the effect of temperament and character of business people on entrepreneurial orientations and economic development level of the province. The sample of the study is 224 business people operating in Yozgat which is a low-income province in Turkey. Entrepreneurship Orientation Scale and the Novelty Seeking Scale, Self-Directedness and Cooperativeness Scale of the Temperament and Character Inventory were used in the research. Research data were analyzed by arithmetic mean, standard deviation, t test, one-way analysis of variance, Mann Whitney-U test, Kruskal Wallis-H test, correlation analysis and regression analysis. Based on the findings, it is found that in general the level of entrepreneurship orientation of business people is high, the level of novelty seeking, selfdirectedness and cooperativeness are above average. A negative, low level and significant relationship was found between the entrepreneurship orientation variable and the selfdirectedness variable. As a result of the regression analysis, it was found that self-directedness is a significant predictor of entrepreneurship orientation. In addition, it was determined that the temperament and character of business people had positive reflections on the economic development level of their province