Premium
Assessing a Measurement of Organizational Preparedness for Corporate Entrepreneurship
Author(s) -
Hornsby Jeffrey S.,
Kuratko Donald F.,
Holt Daniel T.,
Wales William J.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of product innovation management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.646
H-Index - 144
eISSN - 1540-5885
pISSN - 0737-6782
DOI - 10.1111/jpim.12038
Subject(s) - entrepreneurship , preparedness , construct (python library) , scale (ratio) , measure (data warehouse) , business , convergent validity , set (abstract data type) , knowledge management , marketing , psychology , computer science , management , economics , data mining , finance , physics , internal consistency , quantum mechanics , patient satisfaction , programming language
Research has shown that the manifestation of corporate entrepreneurship is an important strategy for the success of private‐ and public‐sector organizations. The C orporate E ntrepreneurship A ssessment I nstrument ( CEAI ) is an instrument that was developed to measure the key internal organizational factors that influence a firm's entrepreneurial activities and outcomes. The present research employs three studies to assess the content, construct, and convergent validity of the CEAI using a well‐established framework for scale development and refinement. The CEAI was found to be a relatively stable instrument, although the factor structure that emerged varied slightly from the original instrument. In sum, as a result of our analyses, a more parsimonious and psychometrically sound set of items for each factor was derived yielding an 18‐item instrument based upon the original 48‐item measure. Our studies of the CEAI present a timely contribution toward advancing research in the area of organizational preparedness for corporate entrepreneurship.