How organizational conditions affect employees’ intentions to engage in intrapreneurial new venturing

Many businesses are finding it difficult to strengthen employees' intentions to engage in intrapreneurial new venturing. In this study, we investigate the organizational conditions that are conducive to the formation of such intentions, specifically employees' intentions to initiate the de...

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Published in:Technovation 2024-07, Vol.135, p.103046, Article 103046
Main Authors: Blomkvist, Katarina, Engzell, Jeanette, Kappen, Philip, Zander, Ivo
Format: Article
Language:English
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Corporate entrepreneurship
Intentions
Intrapreneurial new venturing
Intrapreneurship
Products
Services
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Summary:Many businesses are finding it difficult to strengthen employees' intentions to engage in intrapreneurial new venturing. In this study, we investigate the organizational conditions that are conducive to the formation of such intentions, specifically employees' intentions to initiate the development of new products or services in their host corporation. The results from a survey of 3492 employees of Swedish companies, including small, medium-sized, and large firms, reveal that recognizing and rewarding personal achievements, maintaining a risk-taking organizational culture, and top management support are all associated with stronger employee intentions to engage in intrapreneurial new venturing. There is weaker support for the predicted positive effect of personal independence and the presence of intrapreneurial role models. Time availability appears to have an inverted u-shaped relationship to employees’ intentions to engage in intrapreneurial new venturing. Overall, the findings support the idea that organizations can be purposefully designed for strengthening intrapreneurial new venturing among their employees. •Organizational conditions matter for the formation of employee intrapreneurial intentions.•Top management support, recognition of personal achievements, and risk-taking are most important.•The presence of intrapreneurial role models and personal independence are of lesser importance.•Time availability has an inverted u-shaped relationship to employee intrapreneurial intentions.•The effects on intrapreneurial new venturing are fairly consistent across firm sizes.
ISSN:0166-4972
1879-2383
DOI:10.1016/j.technovation.2024.103046