Correlação entre elementos do capital social e orientação empreendedora: um estudo exploratório

• Published in: Revista eletrônica de ciência administrativa Vol. 12; no. 1; pp. 92 - 105
• Main Authors: Tondolo, Rosana da Rosa Portella, Tondolo, Vilmar Antonio Gonçalves, Bitencourt, Claudia Cristina
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English; Portuguese; Spanish
• Published: Campo Largo Faculdade Cenecista de Campo Largo - FACECLA 30-04-2013
• Subjects: Analysis; Entrepreneurs; Graduate students; Organization theory; Social capital; Studies; Brazil
• ISSN: 1677-7387; 1677-7387
• DOI: 10.5329/RECADM.2013008

On the organizational studies field, social capital stands out especially in relationships with aspects of organizational behavior, industrial processes and management, and strategic processes. Both entrepreneurship and the entrepreneurial orientation are issues connected to social capital, because they foster employment, income and social inclusion of a community. The objective of this study is to assess the level of correlation between the allocation of social capital and entrepreneurial orientation of students of organizations where these students work for. We investigated a sample of 185 students of Business Administration and Accounting courses of a College of the Southern Brazil. This research presents exploratory study and quantitative approach. The main results are presented as follow: the correlation between constructs of social capital and entrepreneurial orientation are classified as weak, and in some cases there are negative correlations. In addition, it was identified that the lowest correlation is presented between the dimensions of proactivity in the local context (CCS) and proactivity (COE), however, that relationship was expected to show a strong relationship. At the end, we present limitations of this study and suggestions for future studies. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]