Presenting an evaluation model of human resource management’s effect on corporate entrepreneurship

Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to clarify the attention to the elements of human resource strategic management that can promote motivation of employees of knowledge-based institutions for developing corporate entrepreneurship.

Design/methodology/approach

This study is considered as an empirical one in terms of objective, and its research methodology is descriptive-correlative type. More specifically, structural equation modeling was used for data analysis.

Findings

The findings demonstrate that promotion of skill and knowledge levels of people, as an operational strategy in the development of human resource in knowledge-based institutions, increases the demand for job promotion and enhances employees’ motivation in corporate entrepreneurship. On the other hand, organizational culture moderate the relationship between human resource management and corporate entrepreneurship.

Originality/value

This paper fulfills an identified need to study the relationship between human resource management and corporate entrepreneurship. The manuscript creates a paradigm for future studies of the evolution of corporate entrepreneurship and human resource management.

Citation

Ziyae, B. (2016), "Presenting an evaluation model of human resource management’s effect on corporate entrepreneurship", World Journal of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development, Vol. 12 No. 3, pp. 228-242. https://doi.org/10.1108/WJEMSD-03-2016-0013