Entrepreneurs: Relationships Between Cognitive Style and Entrepreneurial Drive

Abstract

The research described below investigates the relationship between cognitive style and entrepreneurial drive and the effect of gender, ownership type, and performance factors. The Cognitive Style Index and the Carland Entrepreneurship Index were administered to 117 entrepreneurs in the manufacturing sector in Nova Scotia. Results indicated that those who are higher in entrepreneurial drive tend to be more intuitive than analytical in cognitive style. Men and women entrepreneurs did not differ in terms of their cognitive styles or in terms of their entrepreneurial drive. Novice, serial, and portfolio entrepreneurs did not differ in terms of cognitive styles, but did differ in terms of entrepreneurial drive. Relationships between cognitive style and entrepreneurial drive and numbers of employees in the firm were found. Implications of these results are discussed.

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