The interaction of organisational trust on the relationship between entrepreneurial leadership and developing a corporate entrepreneurial environment.

Abstract

Organisational trust has shown to have a net positive effect on innovation however limited research exists on the interaction effect of organisational trust between entrepreneurial leadership and developing a corporate entrepreneurial environment. The quantitative cross-sectional research study was conducted on sample population (N=393) within the technical and engineering operational business unit of a large petrochemical organisation. Statistical analysis was conducted on the N=71 responses to confirm reliability, validity, ability to be factorised and thereafter regression analysis to test the hypotheses. The results of the statistical analysis confirm a positive relationship between organisational trust and entrepreneurial leadership, organisational trust and a corporate entrepreneurial environment, and, entrepreneurial leadership and a corporate entrepreneurial environment. The interaction variable did not prove statistically significant and a corporate entrepreneurial environment could not be proved to predict entrepreneurial leadership. The research findings confirm the positive meta-cognitive effect of organisational trust on entrepreneurial leadership and a corporate entrepreneurial environment. Due to the low response rate the research cannot be regarded as generalisable.