Entrepreneurial Traits Among Teachers and Owners of the Institutional Schools: an Explanatory Sequential Mixed Methods Study

Abstract

Abstract The paper presents findings from a study that explores and understands the personal attributes of educational entrepreneurship. The study employs a sequential mixed methods design, administering a survey followed by a case study to collect data from private higher secondary school owners and teachers of the Lalitpur District, Nepal. The survey results revealed the need for achievement, ambiguity tolerance, enthusiasm, creativity/innovation, locus of control, risk-taking propensity, and creativity/innovation as the six personal attributes of educational entrepreneurs. Among the attributes, creativity/innovation contributed significantly to becoming an entrepreneur. The follow-up qualitative study findings revealed that universities must focus on the creativity and innovation of students and revolve around instructing students on the theory of entrepreneurship. By merging qualitative and quantitative results, the study concludes that a person seeking innovation in their profession is more likely to choose entrepreneurship as a career option.