Investigating the Aspects Hampering the Development of Organizational Entrepreneurship on Organizational Entrepreneurial Orientation in Agricultural Cooperatives (The Case of the Poultry Cooperatives in Kermanshah Province)

Organizational entrepreneurial orientation is an essential feature to enhance the performance of cooperatives. Organizational entrepreneurship orientation as a function of the amount of development entrepreneurship is affected by barriers the development of organizational entrepreneurship. So, investigate the effects of these barriers on organizational entrepreneurial orientation in order to control, modify or even eliminate its effects, particularly in agricultural cooperatives, for the improving performance of agricultural cooperatives is essential. So, the purpose of this paper was to investigate the effects the aspects barriers the development of organizational entrepreneurship on organizational entrepreneurial orientation in agricultural cooperatives. The population consisted of poultry cooperatives members of Kermanshah province, west of Iran (F=1012). A sample of 220 respondents was selected using Cochran's formula by stratified random sampling method. For collecting data, use of a researcher made questionnaire. Questionnaire validity was confirmed by expert panel. Cronbach's alpha was used to estimate the reliability. The reliability was calculate to be acceptable (α1=0.88, α2=0.95). In this study the data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics by using SPSS20 software. The stepwise multivariate regression analysis showed that psychological, administrative, educational and protective -support barriers has a negative impact on the dependent variable was predicted. Cooperatives managers by reduce these effects can development to intrapreneurship in own cooperatives. Therefore it is recommended to increase the knowledge of members and administrators about obstacles negative effects.