Presentation Model of Entrepreneurial Attitude based on Intellectual and Social Capital with Mediating Organizational Commitment

Present research aimed to presentation model of entrepreneurial attitude based on intellectual and social capital with mediating organizational commitment. This study in terms of purpose was applied and in terms of implementation was descriptive from type of correlation. The research population was the employees of the academic-applied comprehensive universities of West Azerbaijan province in academic years of 2018-19 with number of 600 people. According to the size of the population and based on the Krejcie and Morgan table, 234 people were selected as the sample according to the classified sampling method based on the city of the place of employment. To collect data used from the questionnaires of entrepreneurial attitude (Robbins & Coulter, 1989), intellectual capital (Bontis, 1996), social capital (Pajak, 2006) and organizational commitment (Allen & Meyer, 1990). The data analyze by structural equation method at a significantly lower level than 0.05. The findings showed that intellectual capital on organizational commitment and entrepreneurial attitude, social capital on organizational commitment and entrepreneurial attitude and organizational commitment on entrepreneurial attitude had significant and direct effect. Also, intellectual and social capital with mediating organizational commitment on entrepreneurial attitude had significant and indirect effect (p < 0.05). Organizational commitment was a good mediator between intellectual and social capital with entrepreneurial attitude. According to the results, planning to improve the intellectual and social capital and organizational commitment to improve entrepreneurial attitude is essential.