Purpose

Past research has convincingly shown that the more entrepreneurial employees are, the more likely they are to leave the organization and start their own enterprise. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to understand how entrepreneurial employees can be retained in organizations by examining the relationships between work engagement, organizational commitment and entrepreneurial attitude among entry-level employees.

Design/methodology/approach

Covariance-based structural equation modeling is used to test the hypothesized relationships by using a survey of 416 employees.

Findings

The results of the study indicate that an entrepreneurial attitude significantly and positively contributes to work engagement, although it can divert employee attention regarding the level of commitment. Interestingly, the study findings show that employees will commit to an organization if they have engaged with the company, even if they have a highly entrepreneurial attitude.

Practical implications

This study’s findings are beneficial in understanding the concept of an entrepreneurial attitude and its impact on an organization. For firms to concurrently promote entrepreneurial characteristics and employee commitment, policy and staff practices must ensure the appropriate level of work engagement.

Originality/value

This study proposes new distal antecedent and consequence constructs of the engagement theory related to entrepreneurial attitude orientation and establishes the important link between these constructs with work engagement. The findings originally point to the role of work engagement in maintaining entrepreneurial employees and its effect on organizational commitment.

中文翻译：

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工作投入对创业态度和组织承诺的调节作用：来自泰国初级员工在 COVID-19 大流行期间的证据

目的

过去的研究令人信服地表明，创业型员工越多，他们就越有可能离开组织并创办自己的企业。因此，本文的目的是通过考察初级员工的工作投入、组织承诺和创业态度之间的关系，了解如何留住创业员工。

设计/方法/方法

通过对 416 名员工的调查，使用基于协方差的结构方程模型来测试假设的关系。

发现

研究结果表明，创业态度对工作投入有显着和积极的贡献，尽管它可以转移员工对承诺水平的注意力。有趣的是，研究结果表明，如果员工与公司打交道，即使他们具有高度的创业态度，他们也会对组织做出承诺。

实际影响

本研究的发现有助于理解创业态度的概念及其对组织的影响。对于同时促进创业特征和员工承诺的公司，政策和员工实践必须确保适当的工作投入水平。

原创性/价值

本研究提出了与创业态度取向相关的敬业理论的新的远期前因和后果结构，并在这些结构与工作投入之间建立了重要联系。研究结果最初指出了工作投入在维持创业员工方面的作用及其对组织承诺的影响。