The Effect of Managers Power Resources and Personality Characteristics of Entrepreneurship on Personnel Productivity

The main objective of this research was determining the effect of the power resources of managers and personality characteristics of employee entrepreneurship on the manpower productivity of governmental offices in West Azarbaijan province. The research method was applied in terms of purpose and in terms of data analysis, it is a descriptive-correlation type. The statistical population of the study included all mployeesand managers of government departments of West Azarbaijan province. An The statistical sample was firstly selected as clustered and then in clusters as a relative strain(153 managers and 382 employees) of the statistical population.The tool for measuring consisted the standard Human Resource Productivity questionnaire Hersey and Goldsmith (1980), Hinkin and Schriesheim’s Power Sources (1989) and Personality Characteristics of Entrepreneurship(Darham Center). Structural equations modeling using partial least squares and Smart pls2 software were used to analyze the data. The results of the structural model showed that the power of referent(t=4/045) and expertise(t=3/805) from the power sources of managers, and the components of success,achievement(t=3/251), tolerance of ambiguity(t=3/761) and risk taking(t=2/870) of employees' entrepreneurial characteristics are effect on manpower productivity. The provided model has a good fit and can be generalized to the statistical population therefore it can be used to increase the productivity of manpower in government departments. The findings also showed that the components of managers’ power and personality characteristics of employee entrepreneurship predict 52.6% of manpower productivity.