The Effect of Entrepreneurial Orientation on Organizational Performance of the Jihad-e- Agriculture Organization in West Azerbaijan Province

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In the recent years, entrepreneurial orientation has been recognized as an important element in organizational performance. Therefore, the main purpose of this descriptive- correlative research was to study the effect of entrepreneurial orientation on organizational performance of the Jihad-e- Agriculture organization in West Azerbaijan Province. The statistical population of the study consisted of 1040 experts of the Jihad-e- Agriculture organization in West Azerbaijan Province. According to the Bartlett et al. (2002) table, a sample size of 240 was selected using a stratified random sampling method. The standard questionnaires were used to collect the data. The content validity of the questionnaire was confirmed by a panel of experts. The construct validity and the composite reliability of the research instrument were tested by estimating the measurement model and they were satisfied after making necessary corrections. The results showed that the hypothesis of the research have verified and the entrepreneurial orientation had a positive and significant effect on the dependent variable. The entrepreneurial orientation explained about 41 percent of the variances of the organizational performance of the Jihad-e- Agriculture organization in West Azerbaijan Province. Based on the findings, it can be concluded that reinforcing the entrepreneurial orientation directly results in improvement of organizational performance of the Jihad-e- Agriculture organization.

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Iranian Journal of Agricultural Economics and Development Research
Volume 47, Issue 4
April 2017
Pages 865-877

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