Year: 2011
Type: article
Abstract: The USA developed Corporate Entrepreneurship Assessment Instrument (CEAI) (Hornsby, Kuratko and \nZahra, 2002) is used to assess and implement a corporate entrepreneurial strategy. As psychometric \ninstruments cannot necessarily be transferred between different cultures, the main objective of this \nstudy is to investigate the construct validity of CEAI, for a South African sample. An exploratory \nprincipal factor analysis with oblique rotation investigated the five-factor 48-item CEAI using a South \nAfrican sample of 333 managers. Confirmatory factor analysis indicated an eight-factor 34-item solution \n(alphas in brackets): Work discretion (0.84), Management support and risk-taking (0.82), Rewards/ \nreinforcement (0.75), Innovative initiatives (0.84), Financial support (0.73), Sufficient time (0.76), \nOrganizational boundaries (0.81) and Inadequate time (0.67). The application of this eight-factor scale is \na powerful tool that allows management to investigate and communicate entrepreneurial expectations \nand facilitate entrepreneurial actions effectively.
DOI: 10.5897/ajbm09.445
Authors: René Van Wyk, Mandla Adonisi
Language: English
Subfield: Management of Technology and Innovation
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2157706391