Practitioner Perspectives Of Information Technology Industry Intrapreneurship: An Exploratory Study

Abstract

Scholars have shown that maintaining an intrapreneurial culture contributes to superior firm performance (Parboteeah, 2000) and attracting better qualified job applicants (Olmsted, 2005). Yet, there remains a need for more research “regarding the successes or failures of large companies that systematically instill corporate entrepreneurship” (Thornberry, 2003 p. 332). While an increasing number of scholars have examined the benefits and challenges of creating and maintaining an intrapreneurial culture, there remains a need to examine intrapreneurship from an intrapreneur’s perspective. This article is an exploratory study which qualitatively, through the use of informational interviews, explores how experienced intrapreneurs within the Information Technology (IT) field view intrapreneurial opportunities and how management practices explicitly and/or implicitly effect intrapreneurial perceptions.

The Influence Of Market Orientation, Flexibility And Job Satisfaction On Corporate Entrepreneurship

“…Business leaders should anticipate the environmental changes that are taking place in the landscape in which they operate and respond swiftly and accurately in order to survive (Jafari, Rezaeernour, Mazdeh & Hooshmandi, 2011). Management plays a vital role in facilitating the process of corporate entrepreneurship and fostering of entrepreneurial talent in creating real value for stakeholders (Kenney, Khanfar & Kizer, 2010).…”

Intrapreneurship at the Individual- Level: Does Psychological Empowerment Matter?

“…Though intrapreneurship similar to entrepreneurship in its attributes like innovation, opportunity recognition, taking risk and insight, intrapreneurship is about performing entrepreneurial activities within the context of an orgization (Zenovia, 2011). Intrapreneurship has been identified as a process of seeking new opportunities in an innovative manner and exhibiting the behaviors of entrepreneurs, not as an independent individual, but as an employee of a certain organization (Kenney, Khanfar, & Kizer, 2010).…”