The Relationship between Psychological Empowerment and Career Enthusiasm in Predicting Entrepreneurship from Staff Viewpoint in Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences

This descriptive study was performed to examin the role of staff empowerment and career enthusiasm in predicting entrepreneurship from staff viewpoint in Shahid Beheshti University of medical sciences. The sample framework consists of 210 employers) Administrative division (of Shahid Beheshti university in 2014-2015. One hundred and thirty two employers were selected usinging Kerjsi Morgan table and stratified sampling method. Research tools were three questionairs including Spreitzer’s empowerment questionnaire (1999), Shoflli and Solvanova career enthusiasm questionnaire (2004) and Amini et al entrepreneurship questionnaire (2012), Validity of these questionnaires was confirmed by experts and their reliability by using Cronbach alpha coefficient were 0.92, 0.79 and 0.85 respectively. The data were analyzed using descriptive (mean and standard deviation) and analytical statistics methodss (coefficient of Pearson correlation and multivariable regression). A positive and significant relationship found between staff empowerment, career enthusiasm and their dimensions with entrepreneurship. The results of multivariable regression also showed that prediction of staff empowerment and career enthusiasm can explain entrepreneurship variance in extent to 0.50 in the staff of Shahid Beheshti university of medical sciences (p<0.001). This study shows that in capable organizations, employees show their best inventions with emotion, ownership and honor. Therefore, success in organization has direct relationship with expertise, the effort of human assets and employee enthusiasm.