Investigating the relationship between personality traits and psychological capital with entrepreneurial orientation among the principals of high school

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1 Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Sciences, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Shahid Bahoner University of Kerman

2 Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Sciences, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Shahid Bahoner University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran

Abstract

Background and Objective: Entrepreneurship in education is a systematic and continuous process that, on one hand, leads to the effective identification and exploitation of all internal and external resources of the educational system and, on the other hand, creates new teaching–learning opportunities. This study aimed to examine the relationship between personality traits and psychological capital with entrepreneurial orientation among secondary‑school principals.
research methodology: This study is applied in purpose and descriptive‑survey (correlational) in data collection method. The statistical population comprised all secondary‑school principals in Qaenat County, and the sampling method was a complete enumeration. Standard questionnaires were used to collect data: Goldberg’s Personality Traits (1999), Luthans et al.’s Psychological Capital (2007), and Stewart’s Entrepreneurial Orientation (2009). Data were analyzed using SPSS and AMOS statistical software.
Findings: The personality traits of extraversion, conscientiousness, and openness to experience have a direct and significant effect on psychological capital. Neuroticism has a significant negative relationship with psychological capital. Agreeableness does not show a significant relationship with psychological capital. The results also indicate a positive (direct) and significant effect of extraversion, conscientiousness, and openness to experience on entrepreneurial orientation. Neuroticism has a significant negative (inverse) relationship with entrepreneurial orientation. Psychological capital has a direct and significant relationship with entrepreneurial orientation.
Conclusion: The present results confirm the structured role of personality traits and emphasize the necessity of integrating individual and organizational interventions to enhance entrepreneurial orientation among secondary‑school principals, a recommendation that recent emergent studies also propose as a practical strategy.

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Applied Educational Leadership
Volume 6, Issue 4
December 2026

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  • Receive Date: 24 June 2025
  • Revise Date: 24 October 2025
  • Accept Date: 29 October 2025

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