The Effect of Personal-Job Characteristics and Supportive Conditions on Entrepreneurial Behavior

The purpose of this research is to investigate the relationship between job-personal characteristics and supportive conditions with entrepreneurial behavior among employees of Iran’s Ministry of Social Security and Welfare. This research is a descriptive and correlational study and sample size of 97 persons was calculated using Cochran formula and simple sampling method was used. Data were gathered using Zampetakis et al questionnaire (2007) which was indigenized by the scholar. T-Test, Chi-Square Test, and Pearson’s correlation coefficient were used to analyze the data. T-test showed that average entrepreneurial behavior and its elements are higher than mean. Chi-square test also showed that among personal-job characteristics only educational level and gender have a significant relationship with entrepreneurial behavior and its elements; so, organizational position, job experience, and age do not have a significant relationship with entrepreneurial behavior and its elements. Moreover, Pearson’s correlation coefficient showed that there is a significant relationship between supportive context and entrepreneurial behavior and its element of change tendency.