Boosting corporate entrepreneurship through HRM practices: Evidence from German SMEs

Human Resource Management

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 715-741

  Schmelter, Ralf ^a   Mauer, René ^b   Börsch, Christiane ^a   Brettel, Malte ^a  

^a Juwi ^*  (Germany)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Corporate entrepreneurship; Entrepreneurial orientation; Human resource management practices; SMEs; Staff development; Staff rewards; Staff selection; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649467915     PISSN: 00904848     EISSN: 1099050X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hrm.20366     Document Type: Article

References (132)

1. Akhtar, S., Ding, D. Z., & Ge, G. L. (2008). Strategic HRM practices and their impact on company performance in Chinese enterprises. Human Resource Management, 47(1), 15-32.
2. Amabile, T. M. (1988). A model of creativity and innovation in organizations. Research in Organizational Behavior, 10, 123-167.
3. Antoncic, B., & Hisrich, R. D. (2001). Intrapreneurship: Construct refinement and cross-cultural validation. Journal of Business Venturing, 16(5), 495-527.
4. Antoncic, B., & Hisrich, R. D. (2003). Clarifying the intrapreneurship concept. Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, 10(1), 7-24.
5. Antoniou, P. H., & Ansoff, I. H. (2004). Strategic management of technology. Technology Analysis & Strategic Management, 16(2), 275-291.
6. Armstrong, J. S., & Overton, T. S. (1977). Estimating nonresponse bias in mail surveys. Journal of Marketing Research, 14(3), 396-402.
7. Axtell, C. M., Holman, D. J., Unsworth, K. L., Wall, T. D., Waterson, P. E., & Harrington, E. (2000). Shopfloor innovation: Facilitating the suggestion and implementation of ideas. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 73(3), 265-285.
8. Baden-Fuller, C. (1995). Strategic innovation, corporate entrepreneurship and matching outside-in to inside-out approaches to strategy research. British Journal of Management, 6(6), 3-16.
9. Bae, J., Chen, S., Wan, T. W. D., Lawler, J. J., & Walumbwa, F. O. (2003). Human resource strategy and firm performance in Pacific Rim countries. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 14(8), 1308-1332.
10. Bagozzi, R. P., & Phillips, L. W. (1982). Representing and testing organizational theories: A holistic construal. Administrative Science Quarterly, 27(3), 459-489.
11. Balkin, D. B., & Logan, J. W. (1988). Reward policies that support entrepreneurship. Compensation and Benefits Review, 20(1), 18-25.
12. Barney, J. B. (1991). Firm resources and sustained competitive advantage. Journal of Management, 17(1), 99-120.
13. Barney, J. B. (1995). Looking inside for competitive advantage. Academy of Management Executive, 9(4), 49-61.
14. Barringer, B. R., & Bluedorn, A. C. (1999). The relationship between corporate entrepreneurship and strategic management. Strategic Management Journal, 20(5), 421-444.
15. Bartholomew, S., & Smith, A. D. (2006). Improving survey response rates from chief executive officers in small firms: The importance of social networks. Entrepreneurship: Theory & Practice, 30(1), 83-96.
16. Becker, B., & Gerhart, B. (1996). The impact of human resource management on organizational performance: Progress and prospects. Academy of Management Journal, 39(4), 779-801.
17. Berthel, J., & Becker, F. G. (2003). Personal management (Vol. 7). Stuttgart, Germany: Schäffer-Poeschel.
18. Bird, B. J. (1989). Entrepreneurial behavior. Glenview, IL: Scott, Foresman.
19. Birkinshaw, J. (1997). Corporate entrepreneurship in network organizations: How subsidiary initiative drives internal market efficiency. European Management Journal, 16(3), 207-229.
20. Bohrnstedt, G. W. (1970). Reliability and validity assessment in attitude measurement. In G. F. Summers (Ed.), Attitude measurement (pp. 80-99). London: Rand McNally.
21. Bollen, K. A., & Lennox, R. (1991). Conventional wisdom on measurement: A structural equation perspective. Psychological Bulletin, 110(2), 305-314.
22. Börsch, C., & Schmelter, R. (2009). The impact of traits in entrepreneurial team composition on venture success. Paper presented at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Chicago.
23. Bourque, L., & Fielder, E. P. (2003). How to conduct self-administered and mail surveys (Vol. 2). Thousand Oaks/London/New Delhi: Sage.
24. Brandt, S. C. (1986). Entrepreneuring in established companies. Homewood, IL: Irwin.
25. Brazeal, D. V. (1993). Organizing for internally developed corporate ventures. Journal of Business Venturing, 8(1), 75-90.
26. Campbell, J. P., Dunnette, M. D., Lawler, E. E., & Weick, K. E. (1970). Managerial behavior: Performance and effectiveness. New York: McGraw-Hill.
27. Cardon, M. (2008). Is passion contagious? The transference of entrepreneurial passion to employees. Human Resource Management Review, 18(2), 77-86.
28. Chamanski, A., & Waago, S. J. (2001). Organizational performance of technology-based firms-the role of technology and business strategies. Enterprise and Innovation Management Studies, 2(3), 205-223.
29. Chandler, G. N., Keller, C., & Lyon, D. W. (2000). Unraveling the determinants and consequences of an innovation-supportive organizational culture. Entrepreneurship: Theory & Practice, 25(1), 51-76.
30. Chandler, G. N., & McEvoy, G. M. (2000). Human resource management, TQM, and firm performance in small and medium-size enterprises. Entrepreneurship: Theory & Practice, 25(1), 43.
31. Chin, W. W. (1998). The partial least squares approach to structural equation modeling. In G. A. Marcoulides (Ed.), Modern methods for business research (pp. 295-336). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
32. Christensen, K. S. (2004). A classification of the corporate entrepreneurship umbrella: Labels and perspectives. International Journal of Management & Enterprise Development, 1(4), 1-15.
33. Churchill, G. W. (1979). A paradigm for developing better measures of marketing constructs. Journal of Marketing Research, 16(1), 64-73.
34. Churchill, N. C. (1992). Research issues in entrepreneurship. In D. L. Sexton & J. D. Kasarda (Eds.), The state of the art of entrepreneurship (pp. 579-596). Boston: PWS.
35. Cohen, J. (1992). A power primer. Psychological Bulletin, 112(1), 155-159.
36. Covin, J. G., & Slevin, D. P. (1986). The development and testing of an organizational-level entrepreneurship scale. In P. D. Reynolds, W. D. Bygrave, N. M. Carter, S. Manigart, C. M. Mason, D. Meyers, & K. G. Shaver (Eds.), Frontiers of entrepreneurship research (pp. 626-639). Babson Park, MA: Babson College, Center for Entrepreneurial Studies.
37. Covin, J. G., & Slevin, D. P. (1988). The influence of organization structure on the utility of an entrepreneurial top management style. Journal of Management Studies, 25(3), 217-234.
38. Covin, J. G., & Slevin, D. P. (1989). Strategic management of small firms in hostile and benign environments. Strategic Management Journal, 10(1), 75-87.
39. Covin, J. G., & Slevin, D. P. (1991). A conceptual model of entrepreneurship as firm behavior. Entrepreneurship: Theory & Practice, 16(1), 7-25.
40. Das, T. K., & Bing-Sheng, T. (1997). Time and entrepreneurial risk behavior. Entrepreneurship: Theory & Practice, 22(2), 69-88.
41. De Saa-Peerez, P., & Garcia-Falcon, J. M. (2002). A resource-based view of human resource management and organizational capabilities development. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 13(1), 123-140.
42. Diamantopoulos, A., & Winklhofer, H. M. (2001). Index construction with formative indicators: An alternative to scale development. Journal of Marketing Research, 38(2), 269-277.
43. Edwards, J. R. (2001). Multidimensional constructs in organizational behavior research: An integrative analytical framework. Organizational Research Methods, 4(2), 144-192.
44. Fornell, C. (1987). A second generation of multivariate statistics: Classification of methods and implications for marketing research. In M. Houston (Ed.), Review of marketing (pp. 407-450). Chicago: American Marketing Association.
45. Fornell, C., & Bookstein, F. L. (1982). Two structural equation models: LISREL and PLS applied to consumer exit-voice theory. Journal of Marketing Research, 19(4), 440-452.
46. Fornell, C., & Larcker, D. F. (1981). Evaluating structural equation models with unobservable variables and measurement error. Journal of Marketing Research, 18(2), 39-50.
47. Garvin, D. A., & Levesque, L. C. (2006). Meeting the challenge of corporate entrepreneurship. Harvard Business Review, 84(10), 102-112.
48. Greiner, L. E. (1972). Evolution and revolution as organizations grow. Harvard Business Review, 50(4), 37-46.
49. Guest, D. E. (1997). Human resource management and performance: A review and research agenda. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 8(3), 263-267.
50. Guth, W. D., & Ginsberg, A. (1990). Guest editors' introduction: Corporate entrepreneurship. Strategic Management Journal, 11(4), 5-15.
51. Güttler, K. (2009). Formale Organisationsstrukturen in wachstumsorientieren und kleinen Unternehmen. Wiesbaden, Germany: Gabler.
52. Hambrick, D. C., & Crozier, L. M. (1985). Stumblers and stars in the management of rapid growth. Journal of Business Venturing, 1(1), 31-45.
53. Hammer, M., & Champy, J. (1994). Avoiding the hottest new management cure. Inc., 16(4), 25-26.
54. Hayton, J. C. (2003). Strategic human capital management in SMEs: An empirical study of entrepreneurial performance. Human Resource Management, 42(4), 375-391.
55. Hayton, J. C. (2005). Promoting corporate entrepreneurship through human resource management practices: A review of empirical research. Human Resource Management Review, 15(1), 21-41.
56. Hayton, J. C., & Kelley, D. J. (2006). A competency-based framework for promoting corporate entrepreneurship. Human Resource Management, 45(3), 407-427.
57. Hayton, J. C., & Zarah, S. A. (2005). Venture team human capital and absorptive capacity in high technology new ventures. International Journal of Technology Management, 31(3), 256-277.
58. Henemann, R. L., Tansky, J. W., & Camp, S. M. (2000). Human resource management practices in small and medium-sized enterprises: Unanswered questions and future research perspectives. Entrepreneurship: Theory & Practice, 25(1), 11-26.
59. Hill, R. M., & Hlavacek, J. D. (1972). The venture team: A new concept in marketing organization. Journal of Marketing, 36(3), 44-50.
60. Hornsby, J. S., Naffziger, D. W., Kuratko, D. F., & Montagno, R. V. (1993). An interactive model of the corporate entrepreneurship process. Entrepreneurship: Theory & Practice, 17(2), 29-37.
61. Huselid, M. A. (1995). The impact of human resource management practices on turnover, productivity, and corporate financial performance. Academy of Management Journal, 38(3), 635-672.
62. Hyatt, D. E., & Ruddy, T. M. (1997). An examination of the relationship between work group characteristics and performance: Once more into the breach. Personnel Psychology, 50(3), 553-585.
63. Jarvis, C. B., MacKenzie, S. B., & Podsakoff, P. M. (2003). A critical review of construct indicators and measurement model misspecification in marketing and consumer research. Journal of Consumer Research, 30(2), 199-218.
64. Jennings, D. F., & Lumpkin, J. R. (1989). Functioning modeling corporate entrepreneurship: An empirical integrative analysis. Journal of Management, 15(3), 485-502.
65. Kanter, R. M. (1983). The change matters. New York: Simon & Schuster.
66. Kanter, R. M., & Richardson, L. (1991). Engines of progress: Designing and running entrepreneurial vehicles in established companies-the enterprize program at Ohio Bell, 1985-1990. Journal of Business Venturing, 6(3), 209-229.
67. Kathri, N., Fern, C. T., & Budhwar, P. (2001). Explaining employee turnover in an Asian context. Human Resource Management Journal, 11(1), 54-74.
68. Kaya, N. (2006). The impact of human resource management practices and corporate entrepreneurship on firm performance: Evidence from Turkish firms. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 17(12), 2074-2090.
69. Kemelgor, B. H. (2002). A comparative analysis of corporate entrepreneurial orientation between selected firms in the Netherlands and the USA. Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, 14(1), 67-87.
70. Khandwalla, P. N. (2006). Tools for enhancing innovativeness in enterprises. Vikalpa: The Journal for Decision Makers, 31(1), 1-16.
71. Koontz, H., & O'Donnell, C. (1955). Principles of management: An analysis of management functions. New York: McGraw-Hill.
72. Kuratko, D. F., & Hodgetts, R. M. (1995). Entrepreneurship: A contemporary approach. Orlando, FL: Cengage Learning/Thomson.
73. Kuratko, D. F., Hornsby, J. S., & Goldsby, M. G. (2004). Sustaining corporate entrepreneurship: Modelling perceived implementation and outcome comparisons at organizational and individual levels. International Journal of Entrepreneurship & Innovation, 5(2), 77-89.
74. Kuratko, D. F., Ireland, R. D., Covin, J. G., & Hornsby, J. S. (2005). A model of middle-level managers' entrepreneurial behavior. Entrepreneurship: Theory & Practice, 29(6), 699-716.
75. Kuratko, D. F., Montagno, R. V., & Hornsby, J. S. (1990). Developing an intrapreneurial assessment instrument for an effective entrepreneurial environment. Strategic Management Journal, 11(5), 49-59.
76. Lawler, E. E. (1991). The new plant approach: A second generation approach. Organizational Dynamics, 20(1), 4-14.
77. Lee, J., & Miller, D. (1999). People matter: Commitment to employees, strategy and performance in Korean firms. Strategic Management Journal, 20(6), 579-593.
78. Leede, J., De Looise, J. C., & Alders, B. C. M. (2002). Innovation, improvement and operations: An exploration of the management of alignment. International Journal of Technology Management, 23(4), 353-368.
79. Lumpkin, G. T., & Dess, G. G. (1996). Clarifying the entrepreneurial orientation construct and linking it to performance. Academy of Management Review, 21(1), 135-172.
80. MacCallum, R. C., & Browne, M. W. (1993). The use of causal indicators in covariance structure models: Some practical issues. Psychological Bulletin, 114(3), 533-541.
81. MacMillan, I. C., Block, Z., & Narashima, P. N. S. (1986). Corporate venturing: Alternatives, obstacles encountered, and experience effects. Journal of Business Venturing, 1(2), 177-191.
82. McGinnis, M. A., & Ackelsberg, M. R. (1983). Effective innovation management: Missing link in strategic planning? Journal of Business Strategy, 4(1), 59-66.
83. Miles, M. P., & Arnold, D. R. (1991). The relationship between marketing orientation and entrepreneurial orientation. Entrepreneurship: Theory & Practice, 15(4), 49-65.
84. Miller, D. (1983). The correlates of entrepreneurship in three types of firms. Management Science, 29(7), 770-791.
85. Miller, D., & Friesen, P. H. (1982). Innovation in conservative and entrepreneurial firms: Two models of strategic momentum. Strategic Management Journal, 3(1), 1-25.
86. Morris, M. H. (1998). Entrepreneurial intensity: Sustainable advantages for individuals, organizations, and societies. Westport, CT: Quorum Books.
87. Morris, M. H., & Jones, F. F. (1993). Human resource management practices and corporate entrepreneurship: An empirical assessment from the USA. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 4(4), 873-896.
88. Morris, M. H., & Kuratko, D. F. (2002). Corporate entrepreneurship. Orlando, FL: Harcourt College.
89. Morris, M. H., & Trotter, D. (1990). Institutionalizing entrepreneurship in a large company: A case study at AT&T. Industrial Marketing Management, 19(2), 131-139.
90. Peters, T. (1991). Get innovative or get dead. California Management Review, 33(2), 9-23.
91. Peters, T. J., & Waterman, R. H. (1983). Auf der Suche nach Spitzenleistungen: Was man von den bestgeführten US-Unternehmen lernen kann. Landsberg am Lech, Germany: Redline Wirtschaftsverlag.
92. Peterson, R. A., & Berger, D. G. (1971). Entrepreneurship in organizations: Evidence from the popular music industry. Administrative Science Quarterly, 16(1), 97-107.
93. Pinchot, G. (1985). Intrapreneuring: Der Mitarbeiter als Unternehmer. Wiesbaden, Germany: Gabler.
94. Podsakoff, N. P., & Organ, D. W. (1986). Self-reports in organizational research: Problems and prospects. Journal of Management, 12(4), 531-544.
95. Quinn, J. B. (1985). Managing innovation: Controlled chaos. Harvard Business Review, 63(3), 73-84.
96. Rauch, A., Wiklund, J., Frese, M., & Lumpkin, G. T. (2005). Entrepreneurial orientation and business performance: Cumulative empirical evidence. In P. D. Reynolds, W. D. Bygrave, N. M. Carter, S. Manigart, C. M. Mason, D. Meyers et al. (Eds.), Frontiers of entrepreneurship research (pp. 1-10). Babson Park, MA: Babson College, Center for Entrepreneurial Studies.
97. Roberts, E. B. (1977). Generating effective corporate innovation. Technology Review, 80(1), 27-33.
98. Roth, P. L., & Switzer, F., III, (1995). A Monte Carlo analysis of missing data techniques in a HRM setting. Journal of Management, 21(5), 1003-1023.
99. Saly, A. W. (2001). Corporate entrepreneurship: Antecedents and consequences of entrepreneurship in large firms. Amsterdam: Thela Thesis.
100. Sathe, V. (1988). From surface to deep corporate entrepreneurship. Human Resource Management, 27(4), 389-411.
101. Sathe, V. (1989). Fostering entrepreneurship in the large, diversified firm. Organizational Dynamics, 18(1), 20-32.
102. Sathe, V. (2003). Corporate entrepreneurship. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
103. Scarpello, V., & Carraher, S. M. (2008). Are pay satisfaction and pay fairness the same construct? Baltic Journal of Management, 3(1), 23-39.
104. Schafer, J. L., & Graham, J. W. (2002). Missing data: Our view of the state of the art. Psychological Methods, 7(2), 147-177.
105. Schon, D. A. (1963). Champions for radical new inventions. Harvard Business Review, 41(2), 77-86.
106. Schuler, R. S. (1986). Fostering and facilitating entrepreneurship in organizations: Implications for organization structure and human resource management practices. Human Resource Management, 25(4), 607-629.
107. Sharma, P., & Chrisman, J. J. (1999). Toward a reconciliation of the definitional issues in the field of corporate entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurship: Theory & Practice, 23(3), 11-27.
108. Shipton, H., West, M., Dawson, J., Birdi, K., & Patterson, M. (2006). HRM as a predictor of innovation. Human Resource Management Journal, 16(1), 3-27.
109. Stevenson, H. H., & Gumpert, D. E. (1985). The heart of entrepreneurship. Harvard Business Review, 63(2), 85-94.
110. Stevenson, H. H., & Jarillo, J. C. (1990). A paradigm of entrepreneurship: Entrepreneurial management. Strategic Management Journal, 11(4), 17-27.
111. Stopford, J. M., & Baden-Fuller, C. W. F. (1994). Creating corporate entrepreneurship. Strategic Management Journal, 15(7), 521-536.
112. Sykes, H. B. (1992). Incentive compensation for corporate venture personnel. Journal of Business Venturing, 7(4), 253-265.
113. Sykes, H. B., & Block, Z. (1989). Corporate venturing obstacles: Sources and solutions. Journal of Business Venturing, 4(3), 159-167.
114. Teece, D. J., Pisano, G., & Shuen, A. (1997). Dynamic capabilities and strategic management. Strategic Management Journal, 18(7), 509-529.
115. Tichy, N. M., Fombrun, C. J., & Devannna, M. A. (1982). Strategic human resource management. Sloan Management Review, 23(2), 47-61.
116. Tropman, J. E., & Morningstar, G. (1989). Entrepreneurial systems for the 1990's, their creation, structure, and management. New York: Greenwood Press.
117. Velicer, W. (1976). Determining the number of components from the matrix of partial correlations. Psychometrika, 41(3), 321-327.
118. Waterman, R. H. (1987). The renewal factor. New York: Bantam Books.
119. Welbourne, T. M., & Cyr, L. A. (1999). The human resource executive effect in initial public offering firms. Academy of Management Journal, 42(6), 616-629.
120. Welbourne, T. M., & Katz, J. A. (2002). Introduction: Human resource management in entrepreneurial settings: Towards a relational approach. In J. A. Katz & T. M. Welbourne (Eds.), Managing people in entrepreneurial organizations: Learning from the merger of entrepreneurship and human resource management (pp. ix-xvii). Greenwich, CT: JAI Press.
121. Wiklund, J. (1999). The sustainability of the entrepreneurial orientation-performance relationship. Entrepreneurship: Theory & Practice, 24(1), 137-148.
122. Wiklund, J., & Shepherd, D. (2005). Entrepreneurial orientation and small business performance: A configurational approach. Journal of Business Venturing, 20(1), 71-91.
123. Williamson, I. O., Cable, D. M., & Aldrich, H. E. (2002). Smaller but not necessarily weaker: How small businesses can overcome barriers to recruitment. In J. A. Katz & T. M. Welbourne (Eds.), Managing people in entrepreneurial organizations: Learning from the merger of entrepreneurship and human resource management (pp. 83-106). Greenwich, CT: JAI Press.
124. Wold, H. (1985). Partial least squares. In S. Kotz, N. Balakrishnan, C. B. Read, B. Vidakovic, & N. Johnson (Eds.), Encyclopedia of statistical sciences (Vol. 6, pp. 581-591). New York: Wiley & Sons.
125. Woo, C. Y., Cooper, A. C., & Dunkelberg, W. C. (1988). Entrepreneurial typologies: Definitions and implications. In B. A. Kirchhoff, W. A. Long, W. E. McMullan, K. H. Vesper, & W. E. Wetzel (Eds.), Frontiers of entrepreneurship research (pp. 165-176). Babson Park, MA: Babson College, Center for Entrepreneurial Studies.
126. Xiao, J. (1996). The relationship between organizational factors and the transfer of training in the electronics industry in Shenzhen, China. Human Resource Development Quarterly, 7(1), 55-73.
127. Zahra, S. A. (1991). Predictors and financial outcomes of corporate entrepreneurship: An exploratory study. Journal of Business Venturing, 6(4), 259-285.
128. Zahra, S. A. (1993a). A conceptual model of entrepreneurship as firm behavior: A critique and extension. Entrepreneurship: Theory & Practice, 17(4), 5-21.
129. Zahra, S. A. (1993b). Environment, corporate entrepreneurship, and financial performance: A taxonomic approach. Journal of Business Venturing, 8(4), 319-340.
130. Zahra, S. A. (1996). Governance, ownership, and corporate entrepreneurship: The moderating impact of industry. Academy of Management Journal, 39(6), 1713-1735.
131. Zahra, S. A., Nielsen, A. P., & Bogner, W. C. (1999). Corporate entrepreneurship, knowledge, and competence development. Entrepreneurship: Theory & Practice, 23(3), 169-189.
132. Zanko, M., Badham, R., Couchman, P., & Schubert, M. (2008). Innovation and HRM: Absences and politics. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 19(4), 562-581.