Awakening the Entrepreneurial Spirit: Exploring the Relationship Between Organizational Factors and Perceptions of Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy and Desirability in a Corporate Setting

Azriel, Jay A; Schenkel, Mark T; Brazeal, Deborah V

While efforts at understanding how the entrepreneurial spirit is awakened (e.g., unwrapping the cognitive "black box") have been productive in the new venture context, it remains largely unexplored in a corporate setting. This study extends previous research by investigating the relationship betw een organizational antecedents and perceptions of entrepreneurial self-efficacy and desirability of entrepreneurial activity. In a field study of organizations consistent with a corporate entrepreneurial archetype typology, we found that (1) individual work discretion and time availability ...