Abstract:
Personality traits of entrepreneurs is a research
domain which has been already established in both local and
international contexts. Although techno entrepreneurship is
emerging as an important sector of entrepreneurship in Sri
Lanka, scholars have not yet done systematic academic
researches focusing only on techno-entrepreneurial engineers in
Sri Lanka. Therefore, this research tries to ascertain the
personality traits of techno-entrepreneurial chartered engineers
in Sri Lanka. This is based on a preliminary stage of an ongoing
qualitative exploratory research. Following an in-depth
interview approach, this paper ascertains the personality traits
of techno-entrepreneurial engineers which cause their success as
perceived by themselves. This research reveals three categories
of personality traits as entrepreneurial traits, ethical traits and
engineering traits. The outcomes of this research is definitely a
guide for engineering academics to disseminate among
undergraduate and graduate-level engineers to adopt. That will
facilitate the emergence of more and more successful technoentrepreneurial
engineers in the Sri Lankan industrial sector.
