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How to Foster Corporate Entrepreneurship in Multidivisional Firms?
Journal
Academy of Management Proceedings (Meeting Abstract)
ISSN
2151-6561
Type
conference paper
Date Issued
2016-08
Author(s)
Abstract
Integrating theories of transformational leadership and corporate entrepreneurship, we developed and tested a multilevel model of transformational leadership congruence (among CEOs and divisional managers) mediating the relationship between firm- and division-level corporate entrepreneurship. Analyses of multisource data from 102 senior managers, 357 division managers, and 671 employees across 51 multidivisional Taiwanese electronics firms indicated that the transformational leadership congruence partially mediates the relationship between firm-level corporate entrepreneurship and division-level corporate entrepreneurship. Further, high-performance work system and division-level collective efficacy positively moderate the relationship between transformational leadership congruence and division-level corporate entrepreneurship. Finally, transformational leadership congruence positively influences division-level performance through division-level corporate entrepreneurship. Taken together, we demonstrate that transformational leadership congruence between a CEO and division-level managers has important implications for determining the percolation of corporate entrepreneurship to divisions in a firm and division performance.
Language
English
HSG Classification
contribution to scientific community
HSG Profile Area
SoM - Business Innovation
Publisher
Academy of Management (AOM)
Event Title
76th Academy of Management Annual Meeting (AOM) 2016 "Making Organizations Meaningful"
Event Location
Anaheim, CA, USA
Event Date
05.-09.08.2016
Subject(s)
Division(s)
Eprints ID
248268