Abstract:

Summary Entrepreneurship is a approach that masteres the entrepreneurship process in studies in the context of private sector practices with the dimensions of risk taking, innovation and proactivity. The concept of entrepreneurship, which has also started to find a place in public administration literature over the past thirty years, is widely discussed because it is different from the processes observed in the private sector. In this sense, it is necessary to develop entrepreneurial approaches in accordance with their structural, administrative and cultural qualities that distinguish public organizations from private sectors, but it is not observed that in public administration literature a common perspective has not been achieved. In this study, the structural, administrative and cultural characteristics of the traditional public organizations offering public services are considered to contribute to public administration academics and practitioners, by examining in detail how favorable they are to entrepreneurial activities with the risk-taking, innovation and proactivity dimensions.