臺灣博碩士論文加值系統

本研究以創業家個人為基礎做為研究主體，了解創業家個人背景和創業驅動力及創業家心理特質和創業驅動力之間的關係，並探討創業家創業驅動力對創業行為的影響。本研究主要採用SPSS統計套裝軟體程式來分析資料，以敘述性統計描述資料的特性及分配狀況，相關分析瞭解各變數之間的相關程度，和變異數分析檢定不同的年齡組別的創業驅動力是否有顯著差異。
本研究結果如下：
一 創業家的樣本描述
1. 台灣地區中小企業創業家平均年齡為32歲，其中年齡在21-30歲的創業家佔多數。
2. 男性創業家人數比女性創業家多，男性約佔八成，女性約佔兩成。
3. 中小企業創業家的學歷大部分集中於高中、職（含）以下和專科程度。
4. 九成的創業家在創業之前有三個月以上的工作經驗。
5. 雙親之中有無自行創業，分別佔各半的比例。
二 創業家個人背景與創業驅動力
1. 不同年齡階層的創業家，促使他們從事創業行為的驅動力會有所不同，年輕人比較容易接受新的事物，因此，年輕的創業家們的創業驅動力較強烈。
2. 在性別與創業驅動力的相關分析上，不論是男性或女性，他們的創業驅動力並不會受到性別的影響。
3. 研究結果發現，學歷與創業驅動力有顯著相關。創業家學歷越高，創業驅動力的程度越明顯。
4. 大部分的創業家都有工作經驗，而這些過去的工作經驗會強化他們的創業驅動力。
5. 家庭中有創業經驗的雙親，對於子女提供了良好的示範。由研究結果顯示，雙親的創業經驗與子女創業驅動力呈顯著的相關。
三 創業家心理特質與創業驅動力
1. 成就動機越高的創業家，創業驅動力越強，兩者之間呈現正相關的情況。
2. 越傾向內控的企業家，其創業驅動力越強。相對地，越傾向外控的創業家，他們的創業驅動力較薄弱。
3. 冒險程度越高的創業家，創業驅動力越強烈，兩者之間呈現顯著相關，
四 創業驅動力與創業行為
財富、地位、機會、創新四個變項對創業行為皆具有顯著的影響，此四個變數越強烈，則創業行為越顯得主動。

In this study, entrepreneurs are the base for research. The objectives are to understand what relationship exists between biographical characteristics and entrepreneurial drives, as well as psychological characteristics and entrepreneurial drives, to determine whether entrepreneurial drives influence entrepreneurial behavior.
This study uses the statistic software SPSS to analyze the data, with descriptive statistics to explain the traits and the distribution of the data, with correlation analysis to understand correlation among variables, and with ANOVA to ascertain whether there exists a significantly difference in the entrepreneurial drives of various age groups.
The major findings are summarized as follows:
I. Description of entrepreneurs
1. The average age of entrepreneurs of small- and medium-sized enterprises in Taiwan is about 32 years old; most of them are in the range of 21 to 30 years old.
2. The number of male entrepreneurs exceeds that of the female entrepreneurs, with male entrepreneurs accounting for about 80% and female entrepreneurs about 20 %.
3. The entrepreneurs in small and medium enterprises are mostly high school, vocational school and junior collage graduates.
4. Before starting a business, 90% of the entrepreneurs had work experience over three months.
5. Among the entrepreneurs, half of their parents are self-employed.
II. Individual background and entrepreneurial drives
1. Entrepreneurs in different age groups have different drives to undertake the start-up of a business. Young people can accept new things easily, so the urge to start up a business is stronger among young entrepreneurs.
2. Gender does not bear on entrepreneurial drives.
3. There exists a significant relationship between education and entrepreneurial drives. Entrepreneurs with higher educational degrees have stronger entrepreneurial drives.
4. Most entrepreneurs had previous work experiences, and those experiences will motivate them to start up businesses.
5. Self-employed parents serve as a good model for their offspring. This study reveals that parents'' business experience bears positive correlation with their offspring''s entrepreneurial drives.
III. Psychological characteristics and entrepreneurial drives
1. With entrepreneurs, the higher the need for achievement, the stronger the entrepreneurial drives.
2. Entrepreneurs who tend to have high internal locus of control have a stronger urge to start up a business. The reverse is true with entrepreneurs who tend to have high external locus of control.
3. Entrepreneurs with high risk-taking propensity have stronger entrepreneurial drives.
IV. Entrepreneurial drives and entrepreneurial behavior
Entrepreneurs have drives for wealth, status, opportunity, and innovation. These drives have a significant influence on entrepreneurs'' behavior. The stronger these drives are, the more active the entrepreneurial behavior.

CHAPTER
I. INTRODUCTION………………………………………………………1
Research Background……………………………………………………1
Research Motives ……………………………………………………….3
Research Objectives……………………………………………………..4
II. LITERATURE REVIEW……………………………………………….5
Entrepreneur and Entrepreneurship. ………………………………………5
Biographical Characteristics of Entrepreneur…………………10
Psychological Characteristics of Entrepreneur……………… 14
Entrepreneurial Drives……………………………………… 19
Entrepreneurial Behavior………………………………….……………. 20
III. RESEARCH METHOD…………………………………………………24
Research Framework………………………….…………………………24
Operational Definitions of Variables…………………………………….25.
Research Hypotheses………………………….…………………………26.
Research Design…………………………………………………………29.
Analysis Method…………………………………………………………31
IV. RESEARCH RESULT AND ANALYSIS……………………………….
Data Description………………………………………………………….32
Analysis of Biographical Characteristics
and Entrepreneurial Drives………………………………………….32
Analysis of Psychological Characteristics
and Entrepreneurial Drives…………………………………………38
Entrepreneurial Drives and Entrepreneurial Behavior……………………42
V. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS…….………………………48
Research Conclusions…...………………………………………………48
Research Implications...…………………………………………………49
Research Limitations.……………………………………………………50
Directions of Further Research…………………………………………...51
BIBLIOGRAPHY……………………………………………………………52
APPENDIX…………………………………………………………………57

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