Assessing the team role preferences of would-be entrepreneurs

Dr. Meredith Belbin's textbook 'Making teams work' identifies nine distinct team role types. Although all team role types are present in any one individual, each person has a natural preference for one or more team role. Much has been written about the personality traits of 'would-be entrepreneurs', but little is said about their team role preferences. As Dr. Belbin has determined a set of norms that depict the spread of team role preferences across the United Kingdom, it is now possible to analyse individuals' team role preferences and then compare a specific group of individuals against those norms. This research seeks to identify whether or not the particular preferences of Australian 'would-be entrepreneurs' are in any way different from the norm. The sample frame is MBA students pursuing the entrepreneurship stream at QUT's Brisbane Graduate School of Business.