The role of entrepreneurial characteristics in predicting job satisfaction

dc.contributor.authorVan Wyk, Rene
dc.contributor.authorAdonisi, Mandla
dc.date.accessioned2009-01-22T09:12:54Z
dc.date.available2009-01-22T09:12:54Z
dc.date.issued2008-12
dc.description.abstractThis study investigates the prediction of job satisfaction using the important entrepreneurial characteristics of corporate entrepreneurship (CE), market orientation (MO) and organisational flexibility (F). In this study, Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) was used to predict the causal relationship between these entrepreneurial characteristics and job satisfaction (JS) as the outcome variable. It was found that the corporate entrepreneurship factors of work discretion, work improvement and rewards / reinforcement displayed a statistically significant common variance of ≥ 25.000 with extrinsic job satisfaction. The four Structural Equation Models built in this study indicated a reasonable to good fit with the data. Since all the entrepreneurial variables investigated can be controlled by management, it follows that the application of the research findings of this study can go a long way toward improving job satisfaction and possibly organisational performance through innovative entrepreneurial activities.en_US
dc.identifier.citationVan Wyk, R & Adonisi, M 2008, 'The role of entrepreneurial characteristics in predicting job satisfaction', South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences, vol. 11, no. 4, pp. 391-407. [http://www.journals.co.za/ej/ejour_ecoman.html]en_US
dc.identifier.issn1015-8812
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/8664
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherJutaen_US
dc.rightsJutaen_US
dc.subjectJob satisfactionen_US
dc.subjectCorporate entrepreneurship (CE)en_US
dc.subjectMarket orientation (MO)en_US
dc.subjectOrganizational flexibilityen_US
dc.subject.lcshJob satisfactionen
dc.titleThe role of entrepreneurial characteristics in predicting job satisfactionen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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