Multidimensional Analysis of The Effects of Family Background on The Relationship Between Innovation Behaviour and Entrepreneurial Intention in The Public Private Sector: A Field Research

Abstract

The main purpose of this research; to investigate the effects of family background in examining the innovative behaviours and entrepreneurial intentions of the public and private sector employees in terms of demographic characteristics. In this context, while analyzing the innovative behavioural factor, which is an entrepreneurial personality trait, which is thought to have an impact on entrepreneurial intention in the research, was analyzed by taking into account the effects of the family background. The problem statements of the research were formed as follows: “What are the innovative behaviours of the employees working in the institution in the attitude of entrepreneurial intention of the employees in the public and private sectors?”, “What are the effects of family background on innovative behaviours of the public and private sector employees and their entrepreneurial intentions?”. Questionnaire technique, one of the quantitative research methods, was used to collect data suitable for the purpose of the research. The data collection tool created consists of 3 parts. In the first part, demographic characteristics, in the second part, entrepreneurial intentions survey and in the third part, innovative behaviour survey. In the first part, there are 16 questions to determine the demographic information of public and private sector employees. The questionnaires which were prepared as five-point Likert in the second and third sections consist of a total of 16 items. Within the scope of the research, a total of 246 people were surveyed, 158 in the public and 88 private sectors.