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Entrepreneurially oriented employees and firm performance: mediating effects

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  • Katharina Fellnhofer

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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.

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  • Katharina Fellnhofer, 2018. "Entrepreneurially oriented employees and firm performance: mediating effects," Management Research Review, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 42(1), pages 25-48, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:eme:mrrpps:mrr-01-2017-0009
    DOI: 10.1108/MRR-01-2017-0009
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    Cited by:

    1. Shehu Rabiah Na-Allah & Noor Hazlina Ahmad, 2022. "Entrepreneurial Orientation and Venture Creation in Nigerian Context: Assessing Mediating and Moderating Roles of Self-Efficacy and Entrepreneurial Support among Graduates," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(9), pages 1-25, April.
    2. Rizwan Ullah Khan & Yashar Salamzadeh & Hiroko Kawamorita & Gabor Rethi, 2021. "Entrepreneurial Orientation and Small and Medium-sized Enterprises’ Performance; Does ‘Access to Finance’ Moderate the Relation in Emerging Economies?," Vision, , vol. 25(1), pages 88-102, March.

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