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Examining the relationship between work conditions and entrepreneurial behavior of employees: does employee well-being matter?

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  • Escrig-Tena, Ana B.
  • Segarra-Ciprés, Mercedes
  • García-Juan, Beatriz
  • Badoiu, Georgiana-Alexandra

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Do perceptions of work conditions prompt employees to adopt entrepreneurial behaviors? Does well-being play a role in this relationship? This paper proposes an integrated model of the associations between perceptions of work conditions (job resources and job demands) and the dimensions of entrepreneurial behaviors (innovative behavior, proactive behavior, and risk-taking behavior). Following the job demands-resources model, we also explore whether employees' well-being (work engagement and emotional exhaustion) mediates the association between work conditions and employees' behavior. Survey data of 257 R&D employees from the chemical sector in Spain were analyzed. The research concludes that different work conditions correlate with the dimensions of entrepreneurial behavior of employees (EBE) in different ways. Job demands are associated with innovative work behavior. Feelings of engagement are related to the dimensions of EBE and play a mediating role between job resources and EBE. Moreover, feelings of exhaustion and risk-taking behavior are connected.

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  • Escrig-Tena, Ana B. & Segarra-Ciprés, Mercedes & García-Juan, Beatriz & Badoiu, Georgiana-Alexandra, 2025. "Examining the relationship between work conditions and entrepreneurial behavior of employees: does employee well-being matter?," Journal of Management & Organization, Cambridge University Press, vol. 31(4), pages 1996-2018, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:jomorg:v:31:y:2025:i:4:p:1996-2018_20
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