Are we all up for a startup?: Profile of an employee of a startup in Portugal

• Autor(a) principal: Godinho, Filipa Isabel do Nascimento
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10071/19351
• topic: Startup; Individual profile; Person-organization fit; Perfil individual; Gestão de recursos humanos; Recrutamento de pessoal; Perfil profissional; Portugal

Startups have been gaining popularity in Portugal as well as making an impact in the Portuguese economy. Although people are one of the main success aspects for organizations, some companies in their initial stage find it difficult to recruit qualified employees. Thus, it becomes interesting to find out which type of individual profile fits with this type of organization or why some people are starting or continuing their careers in startups. In this sense, two research question and three hypotheses emerged from the literature review that covered the thematic of organizational characteristics associated to startups and the individual’s profile, namely sociodemographic aspects, personality traits, risk-taking propensity and values. To answer to the above-mentioned research questions and hypotheses, it was developed a questionnaire in order to make an exploratory study with data from people startup-related and non-startup related. The main conclusions were that career-related aspects such as challenging work and growth and development are the most attributed to startups. Moreover, in terms of sociodemographic aspects, sex and age were found to be a factor of differentiation since most of the startup related respondents were male and millennials (up to 35 years old). Regarding individual profile, individuals with a higher risk-taking propensity as well as higher means of openness to experience, self-direction and stimulation were also found to be startup related.