The focus of this study is to explore the role of individualistic and collectivistic culture and
Machiavellian side of the personality on entrepreneurial tendency. Quantitative research method
is employed for the study. The survey method was used to collect the data. The scales used were
selected after a careful literature review and were adapted to the Turkish culture by using of the
method of translation and back translation. The subjects included both undergraduate and
graduate students studying at the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences and at the
Social Sciences Institute of a private university located in Istanbul.
