The Influence of Emotional Intelligence and Persistence on The Income of Small-Scale Peyek Snack Entrepreneurs in Padang

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10.2991/piceeba-18.2018.87How to use a DOI?

Keywords

revenue, emotional intelligence, and persistence

Abstract

This study aims to reveal how emotional intelligence and persistence affect the income of entrepreneurs who own a small-scale industry of snack called peyek in city of Padang. This study is a descriptive and associative research. In this study, the research populations were 82 entrepreneurs of small-scale industries of peyek in Padang. The two stages cluster random sampling technique was used to determine the sample and the result obtained were a sample of 41. The research data were collected using a survey questionnaire which were tested for its validity and reliability before. The data analysis technique used in this study is path analysis. The results of this study indicate that emotional intelligence significantly affects entrepreneurs’ persistence, emotional intelligence significantly affects entrepreneurs’ income. Persistent is not only focusing on earning a high income, but also being equipped with emotional intelligence and other entrepreneurial abilities.

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© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - Depni Oktalia
AU  - Agus Irianto
AU  - Sri Ulfa Sentosa
PY  - 2018/07
DA  - 2018/07
TI  - The Influence of Emotional Intelligence and Persistence on The Income of Small-Scale Peyek Snack Entrepreneurs in Padang
BT  - Proceedings of the First Padang International Conference On Economics Education, Economics, Business and Management, Accounting and Entrepreneurship (PICEEBA 2018)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 668
EP  - 675
SN  - 2352-5428
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DO  - 10.2991/piceeba-18.2018.87
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