These are turbulent times of increasing government expenditures and opposition to higher taxes. A new kind of civil servant is needed, one who has the initiative and independence of the entrepreneur. / This study undertook the development of a profile of the personal qualities of the public entrepreneur and the identification of elements in the organizational environment which either facilitate or hinder public entrepreneurship, defined largely in terms of the way in which they impose themselves on the public entrepreneur. Further, an effort was made to examine the entrepreneurial behaviors that emerge from the interplay of the individual personality and organizational expectations. / Three research strategies were followed: a review of written and on-line literature, public documents, and interviews. Two methods were used in identifying individuals for the interviews. First, snow-ball or chain-sampling, and second, the specification of jobs which require entrepreneurial behavior in raising resources. Seventy officials were interviewed, 40 from Florida state and local governments, 22 from a public university, and eight from the non-profit sector. Content analysis was used to secure quantitative measures; and careful transcriptions of the interviews provided the basis for qualitative scrutiny. / The basic conclusion is that public entrepreneurs see themselves as creative people with a strong value orientation; feel they are needed and can function effectively in the public sector despite certain constraints; are task-oriented and place much emphasis on planning and goal-setting. These characteristics were common in the entire study population. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 53-09, Section: A, page: 3363. / Major Professor: Frank Sherwood. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1992.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_76730 |
| Contributors | Salazar, Guisette Magaly., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 280 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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