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The Relationship between Organizational Climate Dimensions and Corporate Entrepreneurship (Case Study: Meshkinshahr Payam Noor University, Iran)

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Author Affiliations

  • 1Department ofManagement, Aliabad Katoul Branch, Islamic Azad University, Aliabad Katoul, IRAN
  • 2Department ofManagement, Azarshahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Azarshahr, IRAN
  • 3Department ofManagement, Bonab Branch, Islamic Azad University, Bonab, IRAN
  • 4Department of Management, East Azarbaijan Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, IRAN
  • 5Young Researchers and Elite Club, East Azarbaijan Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, IRAN

Res. J. Recent Sci., Volume 2, Issue (11), Pages 107-113, November,2 (2013)

Abstract

The aim of this study is to examine the organizational climate dimensions such as clarity and agreement on goals, clarity and role agreement, satisfaction of the rewards, satisfaction and agreement on procedures and effective communication with corporate entrepreneurship. The research statistical population consists of 36 employees in Meshkin Shahr Payam Noor University. Due to its importance, there are no selected data from this population as a sample and all data were used as sample for analyses. Data collection instrument is library studies and field studies. In order to collect data from field studies, corporate entrepreneurship questionnaire and organization climate dimension questioner were used. Validity of questionnaire was confirmed formally and reliability was calculated by Cronbach's alpha and finally corporate entrepreneurship questionnaire was calculated 0.78, and constituent elements of knowledge management questionnaire were reached 0.88. In this study, the Pearson correlation was used to test the research hypotheses, and data were analyzed by SPSS 18 software. The results showed that there is a meaningful relationship between organization climate dimension with corporate entrepreneurship and among organization factors; high correlation was obtained with satisfaction and agreement on procedures. Also, it can be said that tendency toward entrepreneurship in employees of Meshkin Shahr University is 11.1% in average level, 80.6% in high level and 8.3% in very high level.

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