scholarly journals Contextual Determinants of Employee Entrepreneurial Behavior in Support of Corporate Entrepreneurship: A Systematic Review and Research Agenda

2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (03) ◽  
pp. 285-326 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Mustafa ◽  
Fiona Gavin ◽  
Mathew Hughes
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Entrepreneurship ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Complex Nature ◽  
Contextual Influences ◽  
Entrepreneurial Behavior ◽  
Firm Level ◽  
Contextual Determinants ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Job Role ◽  
Future Work

The individual entrepreneurial behavior of employees represents one of the primary antecedents of Corporate Entrepreneurship. The complex nature of ‘employee entrepreneurial behavior’ suggests that a myriad of contextual influences act on the emergence of such behavior. It is imperative that theorists and practitioners alike understand both the subtle and sophisticated ways in which context influences employee entrepreneurial behavior. To address these issues and encourage future work, this study performs a systematic literature review to provide an overview of the field and examines the influence of the job/role, organizational/work and external contexts on employee entrepreneurial behavior. Findings suggest that employee entrepreneurial behavior is an emergent research field and that its behaviors can manifest themselves in different ways compared to firm-level entrepreneurial behaviors. We also show the sophisticated manner in which different types of context influence employee entrepreneurial behavior.

Linking middle-managers' ownership feelings to their innovative work behaviour: the mediating role of affective organisational commitment

2022 ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Michael J. Mustafa ◽  
Siti Khadijah Zainal Badri ◽  
Hazel Melanie Ramos
Keyword(s):  
Affective Commitment ◽  
Middle Managers ◽  
Psychological Ownership ◽  
Firm Level ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Innovative Work ◽  
Innovative Work Behaviour ◽  
Contextual Determinants ◽  
The Individual

Abstract Middle-managers' innovative behaviours are considered an essential determinant of firm-level innovativeness. While prior research has traditionally focused on the contextual determinants of middle-managers' innovative work behaviour (IWB), research regarding individual-level determinants continues to remain scant. Particularly lacking is research which explores how middle-managers' ownership feelings influence their IWB. This study investigates whether middle-managers' affective commitment mediates the relationship between their psychological ownership and their IWB. Data are collected from 110 middle-managers – supervisor dyads in a large Malaysian IT organisation. Findings from this study contribute to enhancing our understanding of the individual-level determinants of middle-managers' IWB.

scholarly journals The Evolutionary Model of Corporate Entrepreneurship: A Case Study of Samsung Creative-Lab

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (21) ◽  
pp. 9042
Author(s):  
Bo Young Shin ◽  
Keun Tae Cho
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Evolutionary Model ◽  
Corporate Entrepreneurship ◽  
Firm Level ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Entrepreneurial Activities

Despite international interest in corporate entrepreneurship research, relevant knowledge has not been systematically accumulated. Even in practice, the discussions of corporate entrepreneurship revolve around the appropriate level necessary and the preferred method of action. This paper proposes an evolutionary model that outlines corporate entrepreneurship overall in terms of an organization’s entrepreneurial activities. For the research objective, this paper includes in-depth case studies on Samsung’s Creative Lab. The Creative-Lab of Samsung has been actively implementing corporate venture system for eight years. We conducted collective case studies by focusing on a single case (Creative-Lab) and then moving to multiple cases (Creative-Lab spin-off companies). Firstly, the study identifies the development process of entrepreneurship from the individual-level to the firm-level, and from the firm-level to the social-level. Secondly, the study confirms that corporate venturing and the corporate spin-off system have a positive impact on entrepreneurial behavior, which is crucial to seize opportunities. Thirdly, based on the growth factors and performance of corporate entrepreneurship, an evolutionary model of corporate entrepreneurship is proposed in this paper. This study can contribute to the establishment of an integrated and structured mechanism of related research as it comprehensively reviews the antecedents, elements, and outcomes of corporate entrepreneurship.

The Microfoundations of Corporate Entrepreneurship as an Organizational Capability

2009 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 279-289 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlo Salvato ◽  
Salvatore Sciascia ◽  
Fernando G. Alberti
Keyword(s):  
Absorptive Capacity ◽  
Corporate Entrepreneurship ◽  
Opportunity Recognition ◽  
Organizational Capability ◽  
Internal Constraints ◽  
Firm Level ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
The Individual

The authors propose a conceptualization of corporate entrepreneurship as an organizational capability that allows firms to overcome internal constraints systematically so that they can reinvent themselves through novel business initiatives. The paper adopts the knowledge-based concept of absorptive capacity to identify the microfoundations of a firm's corporate entrepreneurship capability for opportunity recognition and exploitation. It advances a model that combines the individual-level role of entrepreneurial managers with firm-level efforts to strengthen entrepreneurial processes over time.

scholarly journals Bounded Rationality and Bounded Reliability: A Study of Nonfamily Managers’ Entrepreneurial Behavior in Family Firms

2018 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 251-273 ◽  
Author(s):  
Josip Kotlar ◽  
Philipp Sieger
Keyword(s):  
Distributive Justice ◽  
Transaction Cost ◽  
Family Firms ◽  
Transaction Cost Economics ◽  
Corporate Entrepreneurship ◽  
Job Control ◽  
Entrepreneurial Behavior ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Bounded Reliability

We use transaction cost economics to explain the individual-level entrepreneurial behavior of family and nonfamily managers in family firms. We argue that nonfamily managers exhibit lower entrepreneurial behavior than family managers, particularly after the founder’s departure from the business. Moreover, we identify an expanded set of factors through which family firms can facilitate nonfamily managers’ entrepreneurial behavior, including monitoring, incentives, distributive justice, access to the top management, and job control perceptions. We test these hypotheses in a sample of 296 family firm managers, contributing new insights on nonfamily managers and corporate entrepreneurship in family firms.

The Locus of Corporate Entrepreneurship: Kirin Brewery's Diversification into Biopharmaceuticals

2006 ◽  
Vol 80 (4) ◽  
pp. 689-723 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael J. Lynskey
Keyword(s):  
New Economy ◽  
Corporate Entrepreneurship ◽  
Opportunity Recognition ◽  
Entrepreneurial Behavior ◽  
Entrepreneurial Alertness ◽  
Technology Industry ◽  
Modern Corporation ◽  
The Future ◽  
Old Economy ◽  
The Individual

The Kirin Brewery Company is a large, long-established, and successful firm in a traditional, “old economy” sector in Japan. Nevertheless, in the early 1980s it entered the “new economy” business of biopharmaceuticals, based on advances in scientific techniques at the time and prospects for the bio-technology industry in the future. This essay explains why Kirin entered this field and how it developed the necessary competences. The development of these new competences was in no small part owing to entrepreneurial alertness and opportunity recognition by individuals in various functions of the firm. As such, the case illustrates the presence in the large modern corporation of the individual entrepreneur, a figure whose existence and role is often downplayed or simply omitted in nominalist treatments of entrepreneurship, which depict innovation as a somewhat mechanistic endeavor, absent any element of entrepreneurial behavior.

scholarly journals Social context in developmental psychopathology: Recommendations for future research from the MacArthur Network on Psychopathology and Development

1998 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 143-164 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. THOMAS BOYCE ◽  
ELLEN FRANK ◽  
PETER S. JENSEN ◽  
RONALD C. KESSLER ◽  
CHARLES A. NELSON ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Context ◽  
Developmental Psychopathology ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Operational Definition ◽  
Social Contexts ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Contextual Influences ◽  
Contextual Determinants ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Context Specific

Accumulating evidence suggests that social contexts in early life have important and complex effects on childhood psychopathology. Spurred by the lack of an explicit operational definition that could guide the study of such effects, we define a social context operationally as “a set of interpersonal conditions, relevant to a particular behavior or disorder and external to, but shaped and interpreted by, the individual child.” Building on this definition, we offer a series of recommendations for future research, based on five theoretically derived propositions: (a) Contexts are nested and multidimensional; (b) contexts broaden, differentiate, and deepen with age, becoming more specific in their effects; (c) contexts and children are mutually determining; (d) a context's meaning to the child determines its effects on the child and arises from the context's ability to provide for fundamental needs; and (e) contexts should be selected for assessment in light of specific questions or outcomes. As reflected in an increasingly rich legacy of literature on child development and psychopathology, social contexts appear to influence emerging mental disorders through dynamic, bidirectional interactions with individual children. Future research will benefit from examining not only statistical interactions between child- and context-specific factors, but also the actual transactions between children and contexts and the transduction of contextual influences into pathways of biological mediation. Because adverse contexts exert powerful effects on the mental health of children, it is important for the field to generate new, more theoretically grounded research addressing the contextual determinants of psychological well-being and disorder.

Corporate social responsibility’s influence on organizational attractiveness

2018 ◽  
Vol 43 (3) ◽  
pp. 106-114
Author(s):  
Bettina Lis
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Complex Nature ◽  
Organizational Attractiveness ◽  
Firm Level ◽  
Research Gap ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
Interest In Research ◽  
Intellectual Challenge ◽  
Level Of Analysis

While most studies of corporate social responsibility (CSR) have been conducted at the firm level, there is a nascent interest in research at the individual, particularly the employee, level of analysis. However, the extant literature has revealed that the effect of CSR on organizational attractiveness (OA) remains under-examined. Previous studies have overlooked the complex nature of the decisions that potential employees make about job choices while addressing the isolated effect of CSR on OA. Addressing this research gap, the present study aims to answer the question: What will be the result if CSR is compared to other factors when choosing an employer? Therefore, this study provides meaningful insights for both researchers and practitioners not only by analyzing how CSR affects the OA but also by showing the importance of CSR relative to other factors, such as remuneration, location, and intellectual challenge.

The innovating firm as corporate entrepreneurship

2017 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 534-556 ◽  
Author(s):  
Boris Urban ◽  
Eric Wood
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Organizational Factors ◽  
Building Blocks ◽  
Corporate Entrepreneurship ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Firm Level ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Entrepreneurial Alertness ◽  
The Individual

Purpose Innovation is a multi-dimensional phenomenon and at the firm level incorporates the behaviors and interactions of individuals and various organizational factors. Not only are entrepreneurship and innovation complementary, but a combination of the two is vital to organizational success. The purpose of this paper is to respond directly to research calls to provide an integrated model of corporate entrepreneurship (CE) which encompasses both organizational- and individual-level factors. Design/methodology/approach A model was formulated in accordance with the study hypotheses and statistically tested. A sample of 784 responses from the South African financial sector was surveyed. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to test for model fit. Findings The results support the hypotheses that it is through the interaction of the firm (in establishing corporate building blocks), and the individual (through entrepreneurial alertness and metacognitions) that CE activity is realized. SEM results showed that entrepreneurial alertness had the greatest direct path impact on CE. Practical implications Managers need to understand and leverage corporate building blocks in a manner that influences employee’s respective levels of entrepreneurial alertness and metacognitions in order to foster CE. Originality/value The study is one of the first to model and empirically test causal links between corporate building blocks, entrepreneurial alertness, metacognitions, and CE at the firm level. Moreover, the study takes place in an under-researched African context, allowing for fresh insights to evolve.

The Entextualization of Ayurveda as Intellectual Property

2012 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 313-343 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew Wolfgram
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual Property ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
Medical Knowledge ◽  
Linguistic Anthropology ◽  
Medical Discourse ◽  
Complex Nature ◽  
Multiple Sources ◽  
The Social ◽  
Rights Discourse ◽  
The Individual

AbstractThis article documents the practices of pharmaceutical creativity in Ayurveda, focusing in particular on how practitioners appropriate multiple sources to innovate medical knowledge. Drawing on research in linguistic anthropology on the social circulation of discourse—a process calledentextualization—I describe how the ways in which Ayurveda practitioners innovate medical knowledge confounds the dichotomous logic of intellectual property (IP) rights discourse, which opposes traditional collective knowledge and modern individual innovation. While it is clear that these categories do not comprehend the complex nature of creativity in Ayurveda, I also use the concept of entextualization to describe how recent historical shifts in the circulation of discourse have caused a partial entailment of this opposition between the individual and the collectivity. Ultimately, I argue that the method exemplified in this article of tracking the social circulation of medical discourse highlights both the empirical complexity of so-called traditional creativity, and the politics of imposing the categories of IP rights discourse upon that creativity, situated as it often is, at the margins of the global economy.

Cancer care coordination: building a platform for the development of care coordinator roles and ongoing evaluation

2015 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 157 ◽  
Author(s):  
Louise Freijser ◽  
Lucio Naccarella ◽  
Rosemary McKenzie ◽  
Meinir Krishnasamy
Keyword(s):  
Cancer Care ◽  
Research Policy ◽  
Contextual Influences ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Care Coordinator ◽  
Program Logic ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Patient Advocates ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Ongoing Evaluation

Continuity of care is integral to the quality and safety of care provided to people with cancer and their carers. Further evidence is required to examine the contribution Nurse Cancer Care Coordinator (NCCC) roles make in improving the continuity. The aim of the present study was to clarify the assumptions underpinning the NCCC roles and provide a basis for ongoing evaluation. The project comprised a literature review and a qualitative study to develop program logic. The participants who were purposively sampled included policy makers, practitioners, patient advocates, and researchers. Both the literature and participant reports found that NCCC roles are diverse and responsive to contextual influences to coordinate care at the individual (patient), organisational, and systems levels. The application of the program logic for the development of NCCC roles was explored. The conceptualisation of NCCC roles was also examined in relation to Boundary Spanning and Relational Coordination theory. Further research is required to examine how NCCCs contribute to improving equity, safety, quality and coordination of care. The project has implications for research, policy and practice, and makes explicit existing assumptions to provide a platform for further development and evaluation of these roles.

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