Abstract:
While intrapreneurship is widely researched from the viewpoint of
managers, it is scantly investigated from the standpoint of employees.
Specifically, thus far, researchers overlooked employees’ perceptions
concerning the quality of support they receive from their organisation
and its impact on their intrapreneurial behaviour. In the framework of
social exchange theory (SET), our study addresses these deficiencies
by assessing the relationships between incivility, which represents lack
of organisational support, organisational support and intrapreneurship.
In line with SET, we hypothesised that incivility decreases employees’
resourcefulness to generate new ideas. Additionally, it was hypothesised
that organisational support would enhance intrapreneurship. Moreover,
it was hypothesised that organisational support would mediate the relationships
between incivility and intrapreneurship. Findings indicated that
organisational support is positively correlated with intrapreneurship
and that organisational support fully mediates the relationships between
incivility and intrapreneurship. Implications of these findings are discussed.
