Document Type
Article
Publication Date
5-1-2005
Abstract
Multi-source data from 18 organizations was utilized to examine intrapreneurship in the nonprofit sector. Specifically, individual level and firm level variables were introduced concurrently to explore competing and complementary mechanisms in an effort to provide a better understanding of intrapreneurial orientations and behaviors. Employing structural equation modeling on the multi-source cross sectional survey data, results suggest that employee entrepreneurial orientation is greater when (a) high managerial trust is perceived by an employee, and (b) and the employee feels a strong fit between his/her own personal values and those held by the organization. In turn, this individual entrepreneurial orientation has significant positive effects on the entrepreneurial orientation of projects and activities undertaken by employees, which appear to result in positive overall outcomes for the organization and its clients/community. In addition, results reveal that formal organization controls, often thought to have both positive and negative impacts on intrapreneurship, appear to play a limited role on intrapreneurial intentions and behavior. Taken together, these findings indicate that both individual and interpersonal factors are at work in the facilitation of entrepreneurial orientation within nonprofit organizations, providing new insight into the intrapreneurial process.
Keywords
entrepreneurship
Rights
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Department/Center
Design & Innovation
Recommended Citation
Stull, Michael G., "Intrapreneurship in Nonprofit Organizations: Examining the Factors that Facilitate Entrepreneurial Behavior among Employees" (2005). Student Scholarship. 263.
https://commons.case.edu/studentworks/263