The Relationship between Organizational Climate and Entrepreneurial Spirit of Librarians in Universities of Shiraz
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Keywords: Organizational Climate, Entrepreneurial Spirit, Academic libraries, librarians, Shiraz,
Abstract :
The main purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between organizational climate and the spirit of entrepreneurship among librarians of academic libraries of Shiraz. The research method was of analytical and correlational type. The sample include the librarians and information professionals who are working in the governmental universities which are depended on shiraz ministry of science state universities of shiraz. For gathering data, two questionnaires of organizational atmosphere (OCDQ) and researcher-made questionnaire the spirit of entrepreneurship were used. Reliability coefficients of the questionnaires were 0/83 and 0/89. Two levels of inferential and descriptive statistics by the use of SPSS 19 software have been performed to analyze the data. The results showed that: There was significant relation between organizational climate and the spirit of entrepreneurship at P<0/01 level. There was positive relation among other indicators of organizational climate with entrepreneurial spirit. But there was significant relation among the indicators of organizational climate of only hindrance with entrepreneurial spirit at P<0/01 level. There was positive relation among other indicators of organizational climate with entrepreneurial spirit. But there was significant relation among the indicators of entrepreneurial spirit of only creativity with organizational climate at P<0/01 level. There was significant relation between location of service with organizational climate. There was a negative relation the among the two elements risk taking & tolerance of ambiguity of elements of the entrepreneurial spirit .There was positive relation among other the spirit of entrepreneurship elements with the organizational climate. But there was significant relation among the elements of the entrepreneurial spirit.