Designing a Model of Antecedents of Entrepreneurial Orientation and Behavior (Case Study: Administrative Agencies in Kerman Province)

Abstract

This present study aims to design a model of antecedents of entrepreneurial orientation and behavior in the administrative agencies in Kerman province, Iran. Accordingly, first, antecedents of entrepreneurship were identified through exploratory studies and a survey of those expert in the topic using the Delphi technique, and then, identified antecedents were presented in a model and tested in the target statistical population. In the present study, a model of antecedents of entrepreneurial orientation and behavior was presented. In the model, three sets of independent variables, including organizational (8 variables), individual (4 variables) and environmental factors (6 variables), were considered. They are of factors directly affecting entrepreneurial orientation and behavior. Then, based on this model and the data obtained from the questionnaire, the relationship between the antecedents of entrepreneurship and the entrepreneurial behavior and orientation were investigated using the structural equation modeling approach. The results show that there is a relationship between antecedents of entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial orientation and behavior in the administrative agencies in Kerman province. Moreover, there is a relationship between organizational, individual and environmental factors and entrepreneurial orientation and behavior.This present study aims to design a model of antecedents of entrepreneurial orientation and behavior in the administrative agencies in Kerman province, Iran. Accordingly, first, antecedents of entrepreneurship were identified through exploratory studies and a survey of those expert in the topic using the Delphi technique, and then, identified antecedents were presented in a model and tested in the target statistical population. In the present study, a model of antecedents of entrepreneurial orientation and behavior was presented. In the model, three sets of independent variables, including organizational (8 variables), individual (4 variables) and environmental factors (6 variables), were considered. They are of factors directly affecting entrepreneurial orientation and behavior. Then, based on this model and the data obtained from the questionnaire, the relationship between the antecedents of entrepreneurship and the entrepreneurial behavior and orientation were investigated using the structural equation modeling approach. The results show that there is a relationship between antecedents of entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial orientation and behavior in the administrative agencies in Kerman province. Moreover, there is a relationship between organizational, individual and environmental factors and entrepreneurial orientation and behavior.