Perception of Entrepreneurial Orientation and Emotional Intelligence: A Study on India's Future Techno-Managers

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Perception of Entrepreneurial
Orientation and Emotional
Intelligence: A Study on India’s
Future Techno-Managers

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89
Global Business Review
13(1) 89–108
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SAGE Publications
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New Delhi, Singapore,
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DOI: 10.1177/097215091101300106 http://gbr.sagepub.com Rabindra Kumar Pradhan
Papri Nath
Abstract
The present study examined the relationship between emotional intelligence and entrepreneurial orientation on a sample of 301 students (future techno-managers) randomly selected from different departments of engineering and management of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur, India.
All the respondents were administered on the scales of emotional intelligence and entrepreneurial orientation. The findings of the study showed positively significant correlation among the variables of emotional intelligence and entrepreneurial orientation. Regression analysis revealed significant contribution of emotional intelligence in predicting entrepreneurial orientation. The future implications of the study have been discussed in the light of empirical findings and in the context of effective entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial management.
Keywords
Emotional intelligence, entrepreneurial orientation, techno-manager, entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial management Introduction
India’s youthful population in the age group of 20–29 years is estimated to increase from 174 million in
2001 to 238 million in 2016, that is, an increase of 64 million youngsters in a time span of just 15 years.
Out of the projected total population increase of 371 million from 2001 to 2026, the share of the workers in the age group 15–59 years is going to increase 83 per cent (Bose, 2007). These facts make it very clear that unemployment is going to be a major challenge for India in near future. The only way to provide solution to this problem is the development of

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