Relationship between Managers Personality Type and Corporate Entrepreneurship (Case Study: Tehran s Electricity Distribution Company)

Seyed Amir Payami¹ Ahmadreza Kasraei²

1) MA. Student in entrepreneurial management, Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran
2) Professor Assistant, Industrial Management, Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran Branch

IOI Code : XYFH-BBGFA
Publication : 2nd International Conference On Management and Economics in 21 Century(icme21.com)
Abstract :
    Entrepreneurs are essential agents of change in a market-based economy. They make it possible and increasingly effective use of resources to provide and exchange between different sectors with different features and facilitate priorities. One of the main approaches in the development of entrepreneurship in different societies is features characters. The approach was based on the personality traits that For breeding entrepreneurs have a series of personality traits in the people strengthened. Such as internal control, risk-taking, creativity and innovation and achievement motivation According to the first and most important component of the system, are human beings with their different personalities. Therefore motivation, abilities, desires, beliefs and ideas that constitute the major component of the human personality is about expectations people to each other and to the organization are set. . So by knowing the characteristics of an introvert and extrovert entrepreneurial personality type can get what group of people there are more of these features. The research community to include tavanir managers .Due to the limited population size, the entire population is considered as a sample. So based on this sample size in this study is 40 people. The main assumptions and hypotheses in the form of a seven hypothesis is stated, Data analysis was done through SPSS and The results indicate that there is a significant relationship between personality type and organizational entrepreneurship.

Keywords : personality type entrepreneurship risk taking internal locus of control