Curtin University Homepage
  • Library
  • Help
    • Admin

    espace - Curtin’s institutional repository

    JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.
    View Item 
    • espace Home
    • espace
    • Curtin Research Publications
    • View Item
    • espace Home
    • espace
    • Curtin Research Publications
    • View Item

    Entrepreneurial Behavior in Organizations: Does Job Design Matter?

    Access Status
    Fulltext not available
    Authors
    de Jong, J.
    Parker, Sharon
    Wennekers, S.
    Wu, C.
    Date
    2015
    Type
    Journal Article
    
    Metadata
    Show full item record
    Citation
    de Jong, J. and Parker, S. and Wennekers, S. and Wu, C. 2015. Entrepreneurial Behavior in Organizations: Does Job Design Matter?. Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice. 39 (4): pp. 981-995.
    Source Title
    Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice
    DOI
    10.1111/etap.12084
    ISSN
    1042-2587
    School
    Future of Work Institute
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/69710
    Collection
    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    We take a first step to explore how organizational factors influence individual entrepreneurial behavior at work, by investigating the role of job design variables. Drawing on multiple-source survey data of 179 workers in a Dutch research and consultancy organization, we find that entrepreneurial behavior, indicated by innovation, proactivity, and risk-taking items, is a higher order construct. Job autonomy is positively related with entrepreneurial behavior, as well as its innovation and proactivity subdimensions, while job variety is not. This suggests that interventions related to the vertical scope of jobs will promote entrepreneurial behaviors more than horizontal job expansion.

    Related items

    Showing items related by title, author, creator and subject.

    • The general theory of culture, entrepreneurship, innovation, and quality-of-life: Comparing nurturing versus thwarting enterprise start-ups in BRIC, Denmark, Germany, and the United States
      Woodside, Arch; Bernal, P.; Coduras, A. (2016)
      This study examines influences on quality-of-life of national cultures as complex wholes and entrepreneurship activities in Brazil, Russia, India, China, Germany, and the United States (the six focal nations) plus Denmark ...
    • The complexity turn in cultures' consequences on entrepreneurship, innovation, and quality-of-life
      Woodside, Arch; Bernal, P.; Coduras, A. (2017)
      © Springer International Publishing AG 2017. All rights reserved. This study examines influences on quality-of-life of national cultures as complex wholes and entrepreneurship activities in Brazil, Russia, India, China, ...
    • Part IV Italy: Case 11 Naturns/Naturno
      Volgger, Michael; Pichler, S.; Herntrei, M. (2015)
      The extant literature distinguishes sharply between corporate and community models of destination governance. In contrast, the case of Naturns/Naturno illustrates how a specific mixture of corporate and community approaches ...
    Advanced search

    Browse

    Communities & CollectionsIssue DateAuthorTitleSubjectDocument TypeThis CollectionIssue DateAuthorTitleSubjectDocument Type

    My Account

    Admin

    Statistics

    Most Popular ItemsStatistics by CountryMost Popular Authors

    Follow Curtin

    • 
    • 
    • 
    • 
    • 

    CRICOS Provider Code: 00301JABN: 99 143 842 569TEQSA: PRV12158

    Copyright | Disclaimer | Privacy statement | Accessibility

    Curtin would like to pay respect to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander members of our community by acknowledging the traditional owners of the land on which the Perth campus is located, the Whadjuk people of the Nyungar Nation; and on our Kalgoorlie campus, the Wongutha people of the North-Eastern Goldfields.