Factors Affecting Entrepreneurial Behavior Among Employees in Organizations: Mediating Role of Affective Commitment

This paper finds the role of perceived failure tolerance, communication openness, work discretion, and reward fairness in influencing the entrepreneurial behavior of employees. We also study the mediating role of affective commitment between entrepreneurial behavior and its antecedents. Data were co...

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Published in:Journal of enterprising culture 2018-12, Vol.26 (4), p.349-378
Main Authors: ul Haq, Muhammad Anwar, Jingdong, Yan, Usman, Muhammad, Khalid, Shaista
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Behavior
Employee involvement
Employees
Entrepreneurs
Intrapreneurs
Work environment
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Summary:This paper finds the role of perceived failure tolerance, communication openness, work discretion, and reward fairness in influencing the entrepreneurial behavior of employees. We also study the mediating role of affective commitment between entrepreneurial behavior and its antecedents. Data were collected using survey design from 381 telecommunication professionals in Pakistan. The analysis, using SEM, shows that predictor variables have a significant positive influence on organizational entrepreneurial behavior. Furthermore, affective commitment partially mediates the relationship between failure tolerance, communication openness, work discretion and organizational entrepreneurial behavior, whereas, it fully mediates the effect of reward fairness. On the basis of our results, managers are advised to lead their followers in such a way that the employees offer their innovative potential for the organization by becoming internal entrepreneurs.
ISSN:0218-4958
1793-6330
DOI:10.1142/S0218495818500139