Being Smart Is Not Enough: Personality and Interests Predict Intention, Status and Success of Leaders and Entrepreneurs Beyond Ability
Three separate studies demonstrate that socio-emotional skills add incremental validity beyond ability when predicting leadership and entrepreneurship intention, emergence as well as success. Study 1 uses a longitudinal approach and demonstrates that cognitive ability predicts the intention to become a business leader or entrepreneur 2 years in the future. Importantly, vocational interests increase this ability-driven prediction of leadership and entrepreneurship intention. Study 2 investigates business leaders and shows that those with higher cognitive ability more likely emerge as top-level leaders, receive more income and perform slightly better. The leaders’ personality added validity beyond ability when predicting income, leadership level and performance. Finally, Study 3 demonstrates that cognitive ability predicts a person’s entrepreneurial status but not performance. Additionally, considering personality traits improves the prediction of who becomes an entrepreneur and successfully performs as such. Importantly, personality traits and vocational interests boost the importance of ability in the field of leadership and entrepreneurship.
Bergner, S. (2020): Being Smart Is Not Enough: Personality and Interests Predict Intention, Status and Success of Leaders and Entrepreneurs Beyond Ability, in: Frontiers in Psychology, doi: doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00204 [18.02.2020].
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