Affecting Factors on Entrepreneurial Orientation in the Industry

Abstract

In the present age, entrepreneurship at the organizational level and entrepreneurial orientation at the individual level can be considered as competitive advantage in a new age. This study examines the affecting factors on entrepreneurial orientation in a sample of 248 employees in the industry. This article considered employees’ entrepreneurial orientation as an dependent variable and emotional and organizational intelligences, as independent variables, which may be effected on entrepreneurial orientation. The results of data analysis by LISREL show that employees’ willingness to act entrepreneurially increases when they have high emotional and organizational intelligences