Abstract
The present study was conducted to investigate the moderating role of psychological flexibility in the relationship between organizational commitment, workaholism, job security, and corporate entrepreneurship among information technology workers in Accra, Ghana. A total of 248 information technology workers purposively selected completed the Organizational Commitment Scale, the Dutch Work Addiction Scale, Job Insecurity Scale, the Work-Related Acceptance and Action Questionnaire, and the Entrepreneurial Behavior Scale. The results showed that job security, workaholism, and organizational commitment significantly predicted corporate entrepreneurship. Psychological flexibility moderated the relationship between organizational commitment, workaholism, and corporate entrepreneurship but not the relationship between job security and corporate entrepreneurship. The findings underscore the need for the development of interventions that would increase psychological flexibility in organizational settings.
Highlights
The relationship between corporate entrepreneurship and it predictors is simplistic on its own, and there is evidence that the variation in results may be due to the influence of moderators (Qiao & Wang, 2009; Takeuchi, Chen, & Lepak, 2009; Taylor, Levy, Bayacigiller, & Beechler, 2008)
The results further suggest that job security (β = –.42, p < .001), workaholism (β = .38, p
These findings suggest that workers in the study who reported higher levels of workaholism, higher levels of organizational commitment, and lower levels of job security were more likely to exhibit corporate entrepreneurship
Summary
The relationship between corporate entrepreneurship and it predictors is simplistic on its own, and there is evidence that the variation in results may be due to the influence of moderators (Qiao & Wang, 2009; Takeuchi, Chen, & Lepak, 2009; Taylor, Levy, Bayacigiller, & Beechler, 2008). The marked dissimilarity between the different studies in their findings on the strength of the association between corporate entrepreneurship and the predictors indicates the existence of moderating factors (Giannini & Scabia, 2014) The identification of such moderators is an important step in the understanding of corporate entrepreneurship. It has been suggested that there could be a particular resilience that allows one to focus on targeted performance in every situation irrespective of risks. One of such common resilience resources is psychological flexibility. The adoption of psychological flexibility is, important to understand the driving force of corporate entrepreneurship among information technology workers
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