This study aims to identify personality traits and entrepreneurial career interests among private university students. The study also aims to examine the impacts of personality traits on the interest in entrepreneurial careers among students of private universities. Personality traits consist of three constituents, namely openness, conscientiousness, and extraversion. To achieve the proposed research objective, a quantitative method based on a questionnaire survey was used. A total of 346 private university students were involved in this study. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics involving mean scores and standard deviations, while regression analysis was used to testify the impacts of personality traits on the interests in entrepreneurial careers among students of private universities. Based on the analysis results using SPSS version 25, the level of personality traits and entrepreneurial career interests of private university students was at a moderate level, while the impact of personality traits on the interests in entrepreneurial careers among students of private universities was significant. Overall, the findings of the study successfully inform related individuals on how to apply personality traits and interests in the entrepreneurial careers of private university students.
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