A Study of Relationship Between Managers Sources of Power and Personality Characteristics of Staff Entrepreneurship. (A case study in Melli Bank)

The main objective of the present research is to investigate relationship between Managers Sources of Power and Personality characteristics of Entrepreneurship among staffs of Melli bank in the city of Zahedan. The statistically population of the research consists entire staffs of 32 branches of Melli bank in Zahedan, out of which 155 subjects were selected as a sample of research by cluster random sampling method. To collect related data two questionnaires were employed, first one to measure manager's source of power and the second questionnaire to measure Personality characteristics of Staff Entrepreneurship. Reliability obtained for questionnaires were α=.82 and α=.74 respectively. Descriptive and inferential techniques of statistic were used to analyses the collected data. Result of the research revealed that prevailing source of power among Melli bank managers from the staff's point of view and entrepreneurship characteristics were referent power and need for achievement respectively. Analyses of data showed that there were positive and significant relationship between source of reward and tolerance for ambiguity, risk taking, need for achievement and internal focus of control. The result also figured out that sources of expert and legitimate power with creativity and tolerance for ambiguity of staff, coercing power of managers with need for independence and referent power with creativity and need for achievement of staff have positive and significant relationship. Findings determined that the source of reward power of managers has highest role to predict personality characteristics of staff entrepreneurship