Corporate Entrepreneurship and Entrepreneurial Behavior of Employees: Antecedents and Triple Bottom Line Consequences

Abstract

This thesis sheds light on the factors that stimulate entrepreneurship within companies, both at the organizational level, by analyzing corporate entrepreneurship (CE), and at the employee level, by studying the entrepreneurial behavior of employees (EBE), as well as the consequences of CE on triple bottom line. Presented as a compilation of three articles, study 1 offers a practical view on exploring organizational (top management support, work discretion, rewards and reinforcement, time availability, and organizational boundaries) and individual antecedents (personal motivations) of EBE. Study 2 adopts a behavioral approach and takes into consideration how perceptions of job resources (managerial support and job autonomy) and job demands (work overload) can shape EBE via the impact they have on employee well-being. Study 3 focuses on how stakeholder relationships and EBE can shape CE, but it also examines how CE can impact not only economic performance, but also social and environmental performance.