Entrepreneurially oriented employees and firm performance: mediating effects

Katharina Fellnhofer

Management Research Review, 2018, vol. 42, issue 1, 25-48

Abstract: Purpose - This paper aims to contribute to the literature on entrepreneurial orientation (EO) with a focus on the interplay between the individual and firm level for embedding EO pervasively within organisations. Design/methodology/approach - Comprising 356 individual employees from five companies collected from June to September 2015, this investigation uses structural equation modelling. Findings - The results show significant indirect effects from individuals’ EO on firm’s performance, mediated by both individuals’ performance and firm’s EO. Research limitations/implications - While the construct of EO is strengthened with a multi-level approach, the authors also stress the organisational homogeneity of EO. Practical implications - Consequently, the EO instrument can be used as a strategic tool to evaluate an individual’s orientation towards entrepreneurship to facilitate firm performance. Originality/value - Finally, the EO instrument can be used as a strategic tool to evaluate an individual’s orientation towards entrepreneurship to facilitate firm performance.

Keywords: Entrepreneurial orientation; Firm performance; Individual entrepreneurial orientation; Entrepreneurship and small business management; Individual performance; Entrepreneurial orientation performance relationship; Firm entrepreneurial orientation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1108/MRR-01-2017-0009

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