Entrepreneurial passion and turnover intentions: The role of intrapreneurship opportunities and risk tolerance

In contrast to work examining either employees' workplace exit intentions or entrepreneurial entry intentions, this study considers intention to leave the organization in the context of entrepreneurial passion. The current study focuses on the relationship between passion for inventing products or services as well as for founding a firm and intention to leave the current organization, while considering both employees' risk tolerance and perceived organizational intrapreneurship opportunities. A sample of 229 full-time employees demonstrated that entrepreneurial passion was linked with intention to leave the workplace, as a function of both risk tolerance and perceived organizational intrapreneurship opportunities. Moreover, perceived organizational intrapreneurship opportunities was negatively related to intention to leave the organization, regardless of entrepreneurial passion. We explain these results within the framework of person-job fit.

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