Assessment of the Enterprising PersonalityA Short Form of The BEPE Battery

  1. Álvaro Postigo 1
  2. Eduardo García-Cueto 1
  3. Marcelino Cuesta 1
  4. Álvaro Menéndez-Aller 1
  5. Francisco Prieto-Díez 1
  6. Luis Manuel Lozano 2
  1. 1 Universidad de Oviedo
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    Universidad de Oviedo

    Oviedo, España

    ROR https://ror.org/006gksa02

  2. 2 Universidad de Granada
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    Universidad de Granada

    Granada, España

    ROR https://ror.org/04njjy449

Revista:
Psicothema

ISSN: 0214-9915,  1886-144X

Año de publicación: 2020

Volumen: 32

Número: 4

Páginas: 575-582

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.7334/PSICOTHEMA2020.193 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAcceso abierto editor

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Resumen

Antecedentes: la personalidad emprendedora está relacionada con la creación y éxito empresarial. El objetivo del presente trabajo es el desarrollo y análisis psicométrico de una versión reducida de la Batería BEPE para la Evaluación de la Personalidad Emprendedora. Método: se empleó una muestra de 1.170 participantes, 60% mujeres, con media de 42,34 años y desviación típica de 12,96. Se llevaron a cabo análisis psicométricos dentro del marco de la Teoría Clásica de los Test y de los modelos de Teoría de Respuesta a los Ítems. Resultados: la versión corta desarrollada (BEPE-16) consta de 16 ítems, mostrando una estructura esencialmente unidimensional. La fiabilidad fue excelente (α= ,94; Ω= ,94), y se obtuvieron evidencias de validez en relación con distintas variables: Test META de tendencias y capacidades empresariales (r=,71), extraversión (r=,57), responsabilidad (r=,50), neuroticismo (r=-,54). La correlación entre las puntuaciones de la versión corta BEPE-16 y la versión original fue muy elevada (r=,95). Conclusiones: la versión reducida BEPE-16 para la evaluación de la Personalidad Emprendedora muestra unas buenas propiedades psicométricas, tanto en lo relativo a la fiabilidad como a la validez; por tanto, puede utilizarse en vez de la original cuando el contexto profesional y de investigación lo demande.

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This study was financed through a predoctoral grant from the Government of the Principality of Asturias (BP17-78), and through the Spanish Ministry of the Economy and Competitivity (PSI2017-85724-P).

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