The Relationship between Entrepreneurship Tendencies and A-B Type Personality Traits of Nursing Students

Abstract

Aim: This study was carried out to examine the relationship between nursing students’\rentrepreneurship tendencies and A-B type personality traits.\rMethods: The study is cross-sectional, descriptive, and correlational design type. The sample\rof the study consisted of 642 nursing students. Personal information form, Entrepreneurship\rScale, and A-B Personality Traits Screening Test were used as data collection tools. The data\rof the study were analyzed using SPSS 24 program.\rResults: It was determined that the entrepreneurship scale mean scores of nursing students\rwere 3.51 ± 0.40 from and more than half of their (%58.4) had type B personality. Positive and\rstatistically significant correlations were found between A-B type personality traits of nursing\rstudents and self-confidence (P < .001), innovation (P < .01), need to succeed (P < .001)\rsubscales, and total scale scores (P < .001). It has been determined that there is\ra statistically significant difference between in the entrepreneurship tendencies of nursing\rstudents and A and B type personality traits (P < .001).\rConclusion: It has been determined that the entrepreneurship tendencies of nursing students\rare above average and more than half of them have type B personality. In addition, it has been\ridentified that nursing students with type A personality have higher entrepreneurship\rtendencies.