Impact of Organizational Entrepreneurship on Organizational Performance: Mediating Role of Market Orientation

The purpose of this study was to identify the impact of organizational entrepreneurship on organizational performance and considering market orientation as a mediator variable. This research is applied in terms of goal and descriptive- survey in terms of data collection method. To do this, a questionnaire was designed to measure variables. Validity and reliability of measurement instruments was tested by exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis. Questionnaire was distributed among the sample of 292 managers of Iran's chemical and oil products companies. To test the hypotheses, we used structural equation modeling with Lisrel 8.8. The results of the research showed that organizational entrepreneurship has a positive effect on the organizational performance according to the path analysis method. Also, market orientation plays a role as a mediator variable in the relationship between organizational entrepreneurship and organizational performance.