Abstract

This study is conducted with the aim to explore the relationship between the organizational intelligence and its dimensions (strategic vision, common fate, desire for change, employees' morale, employees' unity and agreement, knowledge application and performance pressure) with the corporate entrepreneurship of Kerman Motor Company. Analysis of data, obtained from the implementation of questionnaires, was done through the software SPSS in two descriptive (frequency, frequency percentage, mean, standard deviation) and inferential (Pearson correlation coefficient, Friedman rank test and Shapiro-Wilk test) sectors. Research results show that there is a significant relationship between the organizational intelligence and its dimensions with the corporate entrepreneurship. Moreover, the dimensions of organizational intelligence in Kerman Motor Company were ranked by Friedman rank test and it was found that the highest rank was related to the knowledge application.

Keywords:

Common fate, corporate entrepreneurship, knowledge application, organizational intelligence, strategic vision,

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