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Factors Affecting Entrepreneurial Behavior Among Employees in Organizations: Mediating Role of Affective Commitment

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  • Muhammad Anwar ul Haq

    (Department of Management Sciences, University of Gujrat, Pakistan)

  • Yan Jingdong

    (School of Management, Wuhan University of Technology, P. R. China)

  • Muhammad Usman

    (Department of Management Studies, University of Malakand, Pakistan)

  • Shaista Khalid

    (Department of Education, University of Sargodha, Pakistan)

Abstract

This paper finds the role of perceived failure tolerance, communication openness, work discretion, and reward fairness in influencing the entrepreneurial behavior of employees. We also study the mediating role of affective commitment between entrepreneurial behavior and its antecedents. Data were collected using survey design from 381 telecommunication professionals in Pakistan. The analysis, using SEM, shows that predictor variables have a significant positive influence on organizational entrepreneurial behavior. Furthermore, affective commitment partially mediates the relationship between failure tolerance, communication openness, work discretion and organizational entrepreneurial behavior, whereas, it fully mediates the effect of reward fairness. On the basis of our results, managers are advised to lead their followers in such a way that the employees offer their innovative potential for the organization by becoming internal entrepreneurs.

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  • Muhammad Anwar ul Haq & Yan Jingdong & Muhammad Usman & Shaista Khalid, 2018. "Factors Affecting Entrepreneurial Behavior Among Employees in Organizations: Mediating Role of Affective Commitment," Journal of Enterprising Culture (JEC), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 26(04), pages 349-378, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:jecxxx:v:26:y:2018:i:04:n:s0218495818500139
    DOI: 10.1142/S0218495818500139
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    1. Mohammad Alnehabi & Al-Baraa Abdulrahman Al-Mekhlafi, 2023. "The Association between Corporate Social Responsibility, Employee Performance, and Turnover Intention Moderated by Organizational Identification and Commitment," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(19), pages 1-25, September.
    2. Anthony Frank Obeng & Prince Ewudzie Quansah & Eric Cobbinah & Stephen Abiam Danso, 2020. "Organizational Climate and Employee Performance: Examining the Mediating Role of Organizational Commitment and Moderating Role of Perceived Organizational Support," International Journal of Human Resource Studies, Macrothink Institute, vol. 10(3), pages 238262-2382, December.

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