The Effects of Entrepreneurship on the Enterprises’ Sustainable Innovation Capability in the Digital Era: The Role of Organizational Commitment, Person–Organization Value Fit, and Perceived Organizational Support

Donghui Zhao, Feng Tian, Xinbo Sun and Dapeng Zhang
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Donghui Zhao: School of Business Administration, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110169, China
Feng Tian: Lecturer in International Business, School of Business and Law, University of Newcastle Australia, Newcastle, NSW 2307, Australia
Xinbo Sun: School of Business Administration, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110169, China
Dapeng Zhang: Lecturer in Management, School of Economics and Management, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 11, 1-18

Abstract: The concept of entrepreneurship in the digital era has been developed rapidly in recent years, and it has a more significant impact on a company’s sustainable innovation capabilities. In the digital era, entrepreneurship has gradually become a spiritual trait of organization members and appears on all levels of an organization. This research examines the impact of entrepreneurship on a company’s sustainable innovation capability in the digital era from the perspective of organizational commitment. Through a questionnaire survey, 378 valid questionnaires were collected. The results show that: entrepreneurship has a positive impact on sustainable innovation capability of enterprises; affective commitment plays a positive mediating role between entrepreneurship and enterprises’ sustainable innovation capability, while continuance commitment plays a negative mediating role between entrepreneurship and enterprises’ sustainable innovation capability; and perceived organizational support and person–organization value fit play a moderating role between entrepreneurship and organizational commitment. This article emphasizes the key role of entrepreneurship on enterprises’ sustainable innovation capability and discusses the realization path of the enterprises’ sustainable innovation capability from the perspective of organizational commitment.

Keywords: digital era; entrepreneurship; organizational commitment; perceived organizational support; person–organization value fit; enterprises’ sustainable innovation capability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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