The Relationship between Entrepreneurship and Business Performance in Managers of Productive Units

Subject Areas : Industrial Management

Moslem Abbasi ¹ , Abbas Abolghasemi ² , Mohammad Narimani ³

1 - M.A in Psychology, University of Mohaghegh Ardebili, Iran
2 - Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Mohaghegh Ardebili, Ardebil, Iran
3 - Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Mohaghegh Ardebili, Ardebil, Iran

Received: 2018-01-11 Accepted : 2018-01-11 Published : 2011-10-23

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Abstract :

The present paper aims at investigating the relationship between entrepreneurship and business performance. The research sample consisted of 214 managers selected randomly from Arak city. Using Entrepreneurship Inventory data and Business Performance Checklist, the data of the both mentioned means were analyzed. The results obtained from Pearson correlation showed that entrepreneurship and its components are related to business performance in managers of productive units (P <0.05). The result of multiple regression showed that such components as the need for achievement and autonomy creativity,  risk-taking, and conserving had significant contributions in the prediction of business performance. Consequently, the results, in general, indicated that high levels of entrepreneurship can increase business performance in managers of productive units.