An Investigation into the Features of Social Entrepreneurship in Governmental Organizations: A Case Study of the Organization for Nomadic Peoples Affairs, Kohgiluyeh & Boyer-Ahmad Province

Iran is a developing country and social entrepreneurship can speed up its progress. If the social entrepreneurship is established among public employees, it can be an effective and sustainable solution to various problems. Accordingly, the purpose of this research was to study the condition of social entrepreneurship among Organization for Nomadic Peoples Affairs staff of Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad. The study is an applicable study with regard to its objective and is a descriptive study in terms of data collection. The data collection instrument was a questionnaire based on Dees’ theory. Face validity of questionnaire was confirmed by a panel of experts and its reliability was determined using Cronbach’s alpha coefficient (0.84). The results showed that the social entrepreneurship range
of this organization’s staffs between 4.33 and 8.54. To study social entrepreneurship in the target population, three groups were developed: Group One, with low social entrepreneurship, Group Two, with moderate social entrepreneurship and Group Three, with high social entrepreneurship. Kruskal-Wallis test showed that the three groups were significantly different at the 0.01 level in terms of five variables of social entrepreneurship (mission adopt, perseverance, innovation, acting boldly and accountability). Also, appropriate management practice was the most important factor affecting the traits from the viewpoint of respondents.