The Influence of Personality Hardiness on Entrepreneurial Intention

Personality hardiness predicted to have stronger control over life and be able to maintain good business activities. The aim of this study was to identify the characteristics of hardiness and how these characteristics affect entrepreneurial intentions. Participants in this study were simple random sampling technique to obtain 211 students from the Islamic University of Riau who had acted as entrepreneurial. The author adapted the construct of an entrepreneurial intention scale from Ajzen (Ajzen, 1991) theory consists of 14 items, and the personality hardiness scale from (Kobasa, 1982) consists of 17 items and using factor analysis and correlation analysis. The measurement model analysis shows p-value .4081 which means that the resulting model is the goodness of fit. While the value of the Z-value shows 4.916 > 1.96, which means there is a significant re- lationship between personality hardiness and entrepreneurial intentions while showing a positive correlation .322. This shows that a positive relationship between personality hardiness and entrepreneurial intentions. These results indicate the higher the personality hardiness, the higher the entrepreneurial intention. Based on the analysis, the researcher suggested to the faculty and the university to support various training and skills activities to increase entrepreneurial intention among students, perhaps through self-motivation management training