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The antecedents of corporate entrepreneurship: multilevel, multisource evidence

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This study employed a resource-based view to develop a multilevel model of firm-level high-performance work systems, dyad-level human capital, firm-level bridging ties and unit-level corporate entrepreneurship. We collected multisource and multilevel data from 420 senior managers, 1260 managers and 3348 employees of 210 units from 96 Taiwanese manufacturing and service sectors firms. The results revealed that dyad-level human capital partially mediated the relationship between firm-level high-performance work systems and unit-level corporate entrepreneurship and firm-level bridging ties moderated the effect of firm-level high-performance work systems on unit-level corporate entrepreneurship through dyad-level human capital. Our findings contribute to corporate entrepreneurship by exploring its antecedent and indirect effect from a resource-based perspective. Furthermore, we have found that the indirect influence of firm-level high-performance work systems and unit-level corporate entrepreneurship varies as a function of the bridging ties at the firm level. This paper advances existing research by offering new insights in the area of corporate entrepreneurship.

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This paper originated from a project that was partially funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology of Taiwan, Grant Number MOST107-2410-H-011-023-MY3. We are grateful for their financial contribution.

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  1. Department of Business Administration, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, 43 Keelung Road, Section 4, Taipei, 106, Taiwan

    Yi-Ying Chang, Che-Yuan Chang & Yi-Tai Seih

  2. Leicester Castle Business School, De Montfort University, Leicester, LE1 5WH, UK

    Paul Hughes

  3. School of Business and Economics, Loughborough University, Loughborough, LE11 3TU, Leicestershire, UK

    Ian Hodgkinson

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Appendix: Measurement instrument and exploratory factor analysis results

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Chang, YY., Hughes, P., Hodgkinson, I. et al. The antecedents of corporate entrepreneurship: multilevel, multisource evidence. Rev Manag Sci 16, 355–390 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11846-021-00447-y

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