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Measuring Entrepreneurial Orientation in the Social Context

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Title Measuring Entrepreneurial Orientation in the Social Context
 
Creator Kusa, Rafał
 
Subject Management
social entrepreneurship; entrepreneurial orientation; autonomy; inter-organisational cooperation
L26, L31
 
Description Objective: The objective of this paper is to identify differences between measurement of organisational entrepreneurship in for-profit and non-profit context and to propose the measures aligned to non-profit organisations. The main research question is whether the scales designed to measure entrepreneurial orientation can be used in non-profit organisations and under which conditions.Research Design & Methods: Research methodology is based on review of research tools and measurement scales related to organisational entrepreneurship and comparison of for-profit and non-profit organisations, as well as their characteristics in the context of entrepreneurial orientation.Findings: Entrepreneurial orientation can be measured in non-profit organisations using existing scales that have been designed for business organisations, however they have to be modified, mostly in the dimension of competitive aggressiveness and autonomy. Additionally, the scale should be enriched with items related to cooperation with other organisations.Implications & Recommendations: It is necessary to develop methods and tools that enable the measurement of entrepreneurial orientation in non-profit organisation as well as comparative research on entrepreneurial orientation in for-profit and non-profit organisations.Contribution & Value Added: The originality of this work lies in studying some aspects of entrepreneurial orientation, that apply to the social context. Some suggestions were formulated relating to the utilisation of entrepreneurial orientation scales (originally designed for business enterprises) in non-profit organisations.
 
Publisher Cracow University of Economics
 
Contributor Ministerstwo Nauki i Szkolnictwa Wyższego
Faculty of Management of AGH University of Science and Technology in Krakow
 
Date 2016-09-18
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
Literature study
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier //eber.uek.krakow.pl/index.php/eber/article/view/151
10.15678/EBER.2016.040309
 
Source Entrepreneurial Business and Economics Review; Vol 4, No 3 (2016): Advancing Research in Entrepreneurship; 117-129
2353-8821
2353-883X
 
Language eng
 
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