The impact of corporate entrepreneurship on employees’ job satisfaction

Abstract

This study aims to investigate the competitiveness of corporate entrepreneurship by taking into consideration its impact on job satisfaction from the support provided to the intrapreneurs from their organization. While much of the literature on corporate entrepreneurship has focused on financial benefits for corporations, this study is aiming at understanding some partial aspects of non-financial benefits for corporations. I hypothesized that entrepreneurship programs would be positively related to job satisfaction, and employee loyalty, and these relationships would be because the participants of these programs receive higher organizational support. In order to assess this topic, two studies were conducted. Study 1 analyzed the results of 100 surveys that were taken by entrepreneurs and non-entrepreneurs in large German corporations. The second study consisted of four in-depth interviews with successful participants of corporate entrepreneurship programs. Results show that corporate entrepreneurship programs have no effect on job satisfaction, perceived organizational support, and commitment to the company that the entrepreneurs have been working for when comparing the surveys to regular employees of the company. However, the findings showed that those who did participate in an entrepreneurship program expressed a slightly negative change of happiness with their employer after completing the entrepreneurship program.

Date of Award	21 May 2018
Original language	English
Awarding Institution	Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Supervisor	Andrew Charles Hafenbrack (Supervisor)