Fostering intrapreneurial behavior through human resource management system
ISSN: 1746-5265
Article publication date: 6 March 2020
Issue publication date: 8 June 2020
Abstract
Purpose
This work aims to analyze the effect of employees' perceptions of high-performance work systems (HPWS) on intrapreneurial behavior (IPB), and the potential role of knowledge sharing as a mediating variable in this relationship.
Design/methodology/approach
Hypothesis testing was performed using a structural equation model (SEM) based on a PLS-SEM approach applied to a sample of 297 knowledge-intensive employees from six industrial companies of the Valencian region (Spain).
Findings
Results confirmed that the relationship between employees' perceptions of HPWS and IPB does not take place directly. Alternatively, this relationship occurs through knowledge sharing of employees.
Originality/value
This study makes theoretical and empirical contributions to better understand the impact of employee's perceptions of HPWS on IPB mediated by knowledge sharing. This work theorized and tested a model where the concept of IPB gains special relevance at academic and practical levels due to its implications for HRM.
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Acknowledgements
Authors gratefully acknowledge financial support from the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (Reference code: ECO2015-69316-R).
Citation
Escribá-Carda, N., Revuelto-Taboada, L., Canet-Giner, M.T. and Balbastre-Benavent, F. (2020), "Fostering intrapreneurial behavior through human resource management system", Baltic Journal of Management, Vol. 15 No. 3, pp. 355-373. https://doi.org/10.1108/BJM-07-2019-0254
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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