Organizational Silence Factors as an obstacle in Corporate Entrepreneurship

Authors

• A . Naveebrahim
• F. Yousefy

Abstract

Entrepreneurial activities named as “Corporate Entrepreneurship” in an organization is an essential way of surviving the organization in the variant world of today and also “Organizational Silence” is as an effective factor in the process of programs, purposes and organizational performance. So this study worked on the factors that influence the effectiveness of organizational silence (Management factors, organizational factors, social factors, and individual factors) on creation and strengthening of entrepreneurial activities in an organization. Though, according to the literature review of the research, a model was measured to explain the relationship between different variables of the study. This study is an applied descriptive-survey research. The participants consisted of 495 experts, managers, and professors working at Islamic Azad University, Najafabad Branch who were selected randomly. The material used in this study was a researcher-designed questionnaire (Cronbach's alpha coefficient of 77%) which was reliable and it was validated in terms of face and structure. To analyze the data a structural equation methodology was used. The results showed a reverse effectiveness of organizational silence on corporate entrepreneurship. This means the obtained results showed that the organizational silence is as an obstacle in creating and strengthening the corporate entrepreneurship.

Keywords

• organizational silence
• Entrepreneurship
• Corporate Entrepreneurship

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