Degree

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Department

School of Leadership and Human Resource Development

Document Type

Dissertation

Abstract

Intrapreneurial motivation is a key concept in which organizations can leverage the power of individual employees to increase the level of organizational innovation that is needed to maintain competitiveness. As virtual work environments are becoming more common, it is necessary to improve communication effectiveness in order to foster the intrapreneurial motivations of their employees. This quantitative study examined the relationship among supervisor communication effectiveness, occupational self-efficacy, affective organizational commitment, and intrapreneurial motivation using a model constructed primarily based on self-determination theory. Survey data was analyzed from 540 participants recruited via an online portal. Using structural equation modelling, hypotheses predicting the relationship between supervisor communication effectiveness, occupational self-efficacy, affective organizational commitment, and intrapreneurial motivation were tested. The results indicated that supervisor communication effectiveness had a significant, positive impact on both occupational self-efficacy and affective organizational commitment, and occupational self-efficacy and affective organizational commitment had a significant, positive impact on intrapreneurial motivation. The findings also confirmed the mediation of both occupational self-efficacy and affective organizational commitment on the relationship between supervisor communication effectiveness and intrapreneurial motivation. Based on the findings, discussion, implications, and recommendations were elaborated.

Date

10-30-2023

Committee Chair

Park, Sunyoung

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