The meta-analytic review identifies individual-level traits such as creativity, motivation, self-efficacy, emotional intelligence, risk-taking orientation, innovativeness, leadership ability, and hardiness as determinants of entrepreneurial performance. It highlights creativity, motivation, and self-efficacy as the strongest correlates.

The chapter's meta-analytic review of 39 studies found that individual-level backgrounds, including creativity, motivation, and self-efficacy, were the strongest performance correlates of entrepreneurial performance in AI-enabled and hybrid work environments. More broadly, individual-level determinants discussed in the review include emotional intelligence, self-efficacy, motivation, risk-taking attitude, innovativeness, leadership ability, and hardiness. These traits shape how entrepreneurs perceive opportunities, cope with uncertainty, build relationships, and respond to challenges in digitalized and hybrid settings.

Key points

The overall meta-analysis effect size was moderate (r = 0.48).
Creativity, motivation, and self-efficacy were the strongest individual-level performance correlates.
Emotional intelligence, risk-taking attitude, innovativeness, leadership ability, and hardiness are also treated as individual-level determinants.
Person-level skills remain central because they foster innovation, adaptability, and persistence under digitalized and hybrid work structures.

According to the meta-analytic review, which individual-level traits are identified as determinants of entrepreneurial performance?

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