Relationship between Entrepreneurs Characters and Entrepreneurial Success in Small and Medium-sized Enterprises

In this paper, the relationship between entrepreneurial success and personality characters was examined. The characters included: creativity, need for achievement, locus of control, risk taking and tolerance of ambiguity. Another important goal was to study the effect of technical training on the entrepreneurial success. In this research, the characters were measured by using Kordenaeij questionnaire while entrepreneurial success was measured by using a questionnaire including 10 questions. We tested a sample of 236 entrepreneurs in small and medium, sized enterprises (SMEs) in metal industries in Khorasan Razavi Province and for data analysis we used SPSS16 software package. A relationship was found between entrepreneurial success and personality characters, and, there were not any significant differences between male and female entrepreneurs, characters except the creativity. Implications, limitations, and suggestions were discussed.