Correlations Creativity, Intelligence, Personality, and Entrepreneurship Achievement

Abstract

Student profile is very significant for the education especially entrepreneurship education. Ciputra University has designed a student profile that consist of several characters and traits that play great roles to pursue the objective of the education process. The three main characteristics, namely creativity, intellegence and personality are studied. The objective of the research is to look for the correleation of the three characteristics and the entrepreneurship achievement of the student when they graduate. It is a cross sectional study using three instruments such as Culture Free Intellegence Test (CFIT), Verbal or Figural Creativity Test, Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) Test. Descriptive analysis and Pearson correlations are used to analyze data. This research also covers all type of graduate, ranging from business owner to those who work in a company (Business Entrepreneur and Corporate Entrepreneur). The research shows that (1) There is no significant correlation between creativity (CQ) and entrepreneurship achievement (EA) of the graduates; (2) There is no significant correlations between intelligence level (IQ) and entrepreneurship achievement (EA) of the graduates; and (3) There is a significant correlation between personality level (PQ) and entrepreneurship a achievement (EA) of the graduates.