Entrepreneurially oriented employees and firm performance: mediating effects
PurposeThis 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/approachComprising 356 individual employees from five companies collected from June to September 2015, this investigation uses structural equation modelling.FindingsThe results show significant indirect effects from individuals’ EO on firm’s performance, mediated by both individuals’ performance and firm’s EO.Research limitations/implicationsWhile the construct of EO is strengthened with a multi-level approach, the authors also stress the organisational homogeneity of EO.Practical implicationsConsequently, the EO instrument can be used as a strategic tool to evaluate an individual’s orientation towards entrepreneurship to facilitate firm performance.Originality/valueFinally, the EO instrument can be used as a strategic tool to evaluate an individual’s orientation towards entrepreneurship to facilitate firm performance.