The Role of Transformational Leaders and Intra-organizational Social Capital in Fostering Employees’ Intrapreneurial Behaviour. A quantitative study including an interaction effect
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2023-06-23
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This thesis explores the complex relationship between transformational leadership and intrapreneurial behaviour, moderated by intra-organizational social capital. Extant research indicates that intrapreneurial behaviour is essential to organizational success. Transformational leaders tend to motivate and encourage intrapreneurial behaviour of employees. Hence, theory suggests that it is valuable to examine this relationship in a context in which intra-organizational social capital is present. The research argues how we are currently doing on intrapreneurship within organizations, how much do we actually encourage bottom-up initiatives by employees? To examine this, research was conducted in a subsidiary of a large wholesale organization, consisting of nine distinct teams. The presence of several teams, offers the researcher the opportunity to examine interactions among employees both within and across different teams. However, the findings of this research are not in line with existing literature and show statistically non-significant effects. Thus, it highlights the need for further exploration of for instance, alternative leadership styles, contextual factors, or a larger sample size that may influence intrapreneurial behaviour. Nevertheless, this study emphasized the need for an appropriate leader and either weak or strong ties among employees to foster intrapreneurial activities and improve organizational performance.
Keywords: Intrapreneurial behavior, innovation, transformational leadership, intraorganizational social capital, social networks.
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Faculteit der Managementwetenschappen