The Role of Dimensions of Organizational Culture in Entrepreneurial Behavior Occurrence (Case Study: Institute of Hedayat-e Farhikhtegan-e Javan)

According to increasing competition in the current business environment, the entrepreneurial environment in the organization has become a necessity for many organizations. Because organizational culture affects all organizational processes, thus organizations resort to create cultural sub-structures to facilitate occurrence of entrepreneurial behavior. The primary purpose of this study is investigation of relative importance of organizational culture dimensions in entrepreneurial behavior occurrence. Attaining the mentioned purpose, by employing a systematic and methodical selection, "Organizational Culture Index (OCI)" and "Entrepreneurial Behavior Scale (EBS)" have been chosen as the most appropriate theoretical framework for culture and entrepreneurship respectively; and in the end, these frameworks have been combined and presented in a complex network. In order to achieve the purpose of this study, capabilities of two techniques including "Focus Group (FG)" and "Analytical Network Process (ANP)" are employed. Results in the case study indicate that among dimensions of organizational culture, "social cohesion" and "trust" play the most important roles in development of entrepreneurial behavior.