Relationship between entrepreneurial orientation, performance, and environment from the perceptcion of cooperative managers

Abstract

Entrepreneurial orientation assists in the strategic decision-making process in which managers define organizational purposes, thus seeking to create competitive advantage. The study evaluates the relationship between entrepreneurial orientation (EO), performance, and environment based on the perception of cooperative leaders. For EO the dimensions of Miller (1983) were used, for environment the proposal of Duncan (1972) and performance was measured subjectively. The approach is quantitative, with a descriptive-correlational character. OE and performance were analyzed by factor analysis. The perception of the environment made it possible to perform “Anovas”, which showed significant differences for the second factor of OE. The correlations between OE and performance were positive and significant. The regressions for performance with EO as predictor were not affected by the environment, indicating lack of influence.