From Fun to Function: Examining the Sequential Roles of Creative Self-Efficacy and Intrapreneurial Intention in Translating Workplace Fun into Employee Intrapreneurial Behavior

Abstract

As a source of innovation and sustainable development, organizations will be interested in encouraging intrapreneurial behaviour among the employees in a highly dynamic and competitive business environment. The paper uses the social cognitive theory and intention-based models of entrepreneurship to determine the role the fun at work plays in shaping intrapreneurial behaviour of employees by the sequencing mediating effect of the creative self-efficacy and intrapreneurial intention of employees. The structured method of survey was used to collect data on 600 fulltime employees in the manufacturing organizations in Pakistan. The proposed hypotheses were tested with the help of the structural equation modeling and bootstrapping. The findings demonstrate that fun at workplaces directly influences intrapreneurial behaviour of employees. To this the relationship is also mediated by creative self-efficacy and intrapreneurial intention whose mediation effects are also large indicating that there is a process by which fun at the workplace and intrapreneurial behaviour are connected with each other which is also cognitive and motivational in nature. The research paper can be added to the literature on the field of the intrapreneurship as it demonstrates that fun at work is an effective organizational tool and it can improve the creative courage and entrepreneurial spirit of the employees.