Abstract: In the absence of a suitable scale to measure the entrepreneurial traits of mushroom growers in relation to mushroom production technology in the Jammu region of Jammu and Kashmir (UT), there was a need to construct an entrepreneurial traits scale. Therefore, effort was made to construct a scale to measure the entrepreneurial traits of mushroom growers in relation to mushroom production technology. For the same, 39 statements covering eight traits namely, achievement motivation, decision making ability, economic motivation, risk taking ability, self-confidence, locus of control, planning ability and cosmopoliteness were put together. These statements illustrated the entrepreneurial traits of mushroom growers. Thirty statements were concluded in the final scale. The developed scale will be useful in identifying and studying mushroom entrepreneurs, in shaping government policies and in designing training and seminars through educational and research institutions. This scale will be very advantageous and convenient for researchers, to examine the entrepreneurial characteristics of mushroom growers. This scale can be useful to various financial institutions such as NABARD, MANAGE, govt. of India in setting criterion while grating loans to entrepreneurs.
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