Designing the Internal Relationships among the Behavioral Dimensions of Corporate Entrepreneurship within the Organizational Structure in the Public Sector: Using Interpretive Structural Modeling (ISM)

Authors

  • Somayeh Mashayekhbakhsh PhD student, Department of Public Administration, Chalus Branch, Islamic Azad University, Chalus, Iran. Author
  • Davood KiaKojouri Associate Professor, Department of Public Administration, Chalus Branch, Islamic Azad University, Chalus, Iran. Author
  • Mohammad Javad Taghipourian Associate Professor, Department of Entrepreneurship, Chalus Branch, Islamic Azad University, Chalus, Iran. Author
  • Ramezan Alizadeh Assistant Professor, Department of Management, Chalus Branch, Islamic Azad University, Chalus, Iran. Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.61838/kman.jpdot.2.1.12

Keywords:

organizational entrepreneurship., organizational structure, public sector, interpretive structural modeling

Abstract

Corporate entrepreneurial behavior within the organizational structure encompasses innovative activities, risk-taking, and proactiveness of employees, which emerge and are directed within the framework of rules, hierarchies, and the specific bureaucracy governing public sector organizations. These behaviors are generally aimed at improving services, increasing efficiency, and creating public value within existing structural constraints. The main objective of the present study is to design the internal relationships among the behavioral dimensions of corporate entrepreneurship within the organizational structure in the public sector by employing Interpretive Structural Modeling (ISM). The research method is qualitative–quantitative. In this study, using purposive sampling, 15 experts in public management and organizational behavior—recognized for their contributions to the fields of corporate entrepreneurship and organizational structure—were selected as the statistical sample. Through the ISM approach, the internal relationships among the components of the research were identified. The findings revealed that the individual criterion dimension forms the foundation of the model and influences three other variables. Bidirectional relationships were observed between the motivational criterion and the relational criterion; these two variables are positioned at the second level and affect the cultural criterion.

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Mashayekhbakhsh, S. ., KiaKojouri, D. . ., Taghipourian, M. J. ., & Alizadeh, R. . (1403). Designing the Internal Relationships among the Behavioral Dimensions of Corporate Entrepreneurship within the Organizational Structure in the Public Sector: Using Interpretive Structural Modeling (ISM). Journal of Personal Development and Organizational Transformation, 2(1), 185-199. https://doi.org/10.61838/kman.jpdot.2.1.12

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