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Abolghasem Arabiun, Behzad Shoghi, Amer Dehghan Najm Abadi, Arash Rezazadeh

This study is performed with the target of explicating the relationship between organizational structure with its dimensions (formalization, complexity and centralization) and corporate entrepreneurship in Saveh Aluminum Pars Company during 2012. Research statistical community was comprised of 650 employees among whom 242 employees were considered as sample size using Jessi-Morgan table and stochastic sampling method. Data collecting method was carried out on the basis of questionnaire. The reliability of the questionnaires by using Cronbach’s alpha method for Robbins organizational structure questionnaire was obtained 0.89 and for corporate entrepreneurship made research questionnaire was obtained 0.86. Content validity was also employed in order to test the questionnaire validity and the questionnaires were approved by the relevant experts. Analysis of the acquired data obtained from running questionnaires was performed through spss software in two sections: descriptive (frequency, percentage frequency, mean and standard deviation) and deductive (multi-variable regression, Pearson correlation coefficient and Shapiro-Wilk test). The study results showed that there is a significant relationship between organizational structure with its dimensions and corporate entrepreneurship.

Keywords: Corporate entrepreneurship, Organizational structure, Formalization, Complexity, Centralization.