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The effect of strategic flexibility on entrepreneurship through the mediating role of organizational learning (Case Study: Office of Youth and Sports West Country)

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Ph.D. student of sports management, Razi University

2 Physical Education, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran

3 faculty member

Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of strategic flexibility on entrepreneurship through the mediating role of organizational learning (Case Study: Office of Youth and Sports West Country), respectively. The sample size is 341 people, which is distributed among the population.The measuring instrument was three Farshad-Mehr’s Flexibility Inventories (2015), Chang et al’s Organizational learning capabilities (2005) and Organizational Entrepreneurship (2011( questionares. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze the data. All analyzes were performed using SPSS and PLS software. Research findings show that strategic flexibility and organizational learning have a positive and significant effect on entrepreneurship. Also, strategic flexibility has a positive and significant effect on organizational learning. Strategic flexibility on entrepreneurship through organizational learning of effect Positive and meaningful. It is hoped that the sports and youth departments, through the use of exploration and extraction learning in their organization, which are linked to the spirit of entrepreneurship and risk appetite, will create the greatest potential for entrepreneurship in their organization. It should also be noted that the use of this type of learning in the organization requires strategic flexibility that allows such a function to be given to employees in the organization.

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Organizational Behavior Management in Sport Studies
Volume 6, Issue 2 - Serial Number 22
July 2019
Pages 101-116
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