Organizational climate as antecedent of commitment, effort and entrepreneurial orientation in mexican family and non-family firms
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2007-06Author
Belausteguigoitia Rius, Imanol
Patlán Pérez, Juana
Navarrete Jiménez, María Mercedes
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El objetivo de esta investigación fue determinar si la variable de clima organizacional está asociada con variables de compromiso organizacional, orientación emprendedora y esfuerzo. Los instrumentos de medición se aplicaron a 839 sujetos de pequeñas, medianas y grandes empresas divididas en miembros de empresas familiares (521) y miembros de empresas no familiares (318). Los resultados indican que el clima organizacional, en las seis dimensiones consideradas, es una variable que influye significativamente en los cinco factores de la orientación emprendedora considerados en este estudio. Se identificó que el factor de autonomía arroja un alto porcentaje de varianza explicada (23.7%) considerando como variables independientes las dimensiones de clima organizacional. En los factores de pro actividad, innovación, toma de riesgos y competitividad se identificó un bajo porcentaje de la varianza explicada. The objective of this paper was to determine if variables of organizational climate are positively associated with variables of organizational commitment, entrepreneurial orientation and effort. The measuring instruments were applied to 839 subjects from small, medium and large firms divided into family firm members (521) and non-family firm members (318). The results indicate that organizational climate in the six dimensions considered is a variable that significantly influences the five factors of entrepreneurial orientation considered in this study (innovation, risk taking, pro-activeness, competitive aggressiveness, and autonomy). We see that the factor autonomy contains the highest percent of explained variance (23.7%) considering antecedent variables of organizational climate (clarity, self-expression, supportive management and contribution). In the factors pro-activeness, innovation, risk taking, and competitive aggressiveness, we identified the percent of lowest variance explained.