Organizational Entrepreneurship Climate Effect on Manager's Entrepreneurial Behavior

The socio-economic and cultural conditions of Iran in recent years has made a situation in which specific attention is given to the subject of entrepreneurship in the third, fourth and fifth development plan of the country, in particular in research and educational dimensions. Most scholars believe there is potentially some rate of creativity and innovation in all individuals but to put this potential into effect demands proper planning by managers. The middle managers have a basic role in organizations that can easily transfer their innovative views to the upper level mangers and provide an opportunity to assess strategic views and priorities. Therefore, they play an effective role in creating an environment which paves way for entrepreneurial and innovative activities. The topic of entrepreneurship in higher education is one of the very important and almost new issues in academic management. In an entrepreneurial university, the organizational entrepreneurship climate and manager's entrepreneurial behavior of the university is considered a necessary condition for the success of university in putting these potentials into effect. In line with these ideals, the University of Tehran as a symbol of the Iranian higher education and a model for other organizations is expected to maintain its pioneer stand in this area. Therefore, this research studies the effect of organizational entrepreneurship climate on the middle manager's entrepreneurial behaviors at the University of Tehran. This will present a model of the establishment of entrepreneurial climate for the organization which intends to use entrepreneurial approach. The results of the paper indicate that there is a positive and statistically meaningful relation between the dimensions of the organizational entrepreneurship climate and the middle manager's entrepreneurial behaviors at the university.