The influence from corporate entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship on white-collar worker's employee innovation behaviour

International Journal of Innovation and Learning

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 284-298

  Åmo, Bjørn Willy ^a  

^a UK and Bodø Graduate School of Business   (Norway)

Author keywords

Business growth; Corporate entrepreneurship; Employee innovation behaviour; Intrapreneurship; Organisational desire for innovation; Organisational strategy; Proactivity; Worker participation

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; ENTREPRENEUR; MODELING; ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE; PRODUCTIVITY;

EID: 33645997348     PISSN: 14718197     EISSN: 17408016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJIL.2006.009223     Document Type: Article

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