Abstract:

Today’s competition conditions require individuals to work more; on the other hand, individual personality characteristics cause different perspectives and behaviors in the business life. The state of continuous work without interruption is expressed as excessive work. This situation occurs as an excessive and uncontrollable requirement to a level that will negatively affect a person’s health, happiness and relationships with others. Occupational collapse is seen as a positive behavior for both the individual and the organization, while some scientists say it is a psychological disorder. Entrepreneurial individuals are expressed as innovative, risk-related, exchange-oriented, opportunity-focused and creative. In addition, depending on entrepreneurs’ personality characteristics, they include advanced communication skills, being open to change, a high desire for success, and being determined. These characteristics lead the individual to engage himself in order to financial success and to gain reputation. The purpose of the research is to study the relationship between employment and entrepreneurial personality in the educational institutions. The sample of the research is made up of 500 teachers who provide corporate education in various universities and consultancy firms within the framework of Istanbul. The most important feature of the sample is that it consists of people with both industry experience and academic side. The study found a statistically meaningful and positive relationship between employment and entrepreneurial personality. According to this, the business personality characteristics in the employed individuals are greater than the normal individuals. On the other hand, between entrepreneurship and overwork there is a positive strong weak and positive weak relationship between entrepreneurship and compulsive work.

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