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Human resources practices and intrapreneurial behavior: the influence of gender in this relationship

Authors: Canet Giner, María Teresa; Redondo Cano, Ana; Escribá Carda, Naiara; Balbastre Benavent, Francisco; Revuelto Taboada, Lorenzo; Saorín Iborra, María del Carmen;

Human resources practices and intrapreneurial behavior: the influence of gender in this relationship

Abstract

De cara a dar respuesta a la enorme competitividad del entorno actual, es imprescindible contar con individuos implicados e involucrados en la ejecución de un proceso intra-emprendedor para buscar nuevas oportunidades de negocio. Para fomentar este comportamiento intraemprendedor en las organizaciones, es necesario adoptar determinadas herramientas, relacionadas con el diseño organizativo y las prácticas de RRHH en la empresa. La función de RRHH se considera fundamental para alentar un comportamiento innovador, proactivo y orientado a la asunción de riesgos, lo que se supone que desembocará en un incremento de los resultados de innovación y una mayor ventaja competitiva de la empresa. En este sentido, nuestro trabajo tiene como principal objetivo analizar en qué medida la percepción de los empleados del sistema de prácticas de RRHH aplicado en su empresa es coherente y consistente, y si contribuye a impulsar su comportamiento intra-emprendedor. Además, se analiza si esta relación varía en función del género, dado que la literatura tradicional atribuye roles distintos a hombres y mujeres respecto al comportamiento intra-emprendedor. Las hipótesis se contrastaron utilizando modelos de ecuaciones estructurales (SEM) con una muestra de 297 empleados que desempeñan puestos intensivos en el uso de conocimiento, en seis empresas ubicadas en la Comunidad Valenciana. Los resultados muestran la relación positiva entre las percepciones sobre las prácticas de RRHH y el comportamiento intra-emprendedor, pero no muestran diferencias significativas en esta relación según el género.

The current business environment moves individuals to involved in the execution of an intrapreneurial process to seek new business opportunities, in order to respond to the enormous competitiveness of the market. To encourage this intrapreneurial behavior, it is necessary to adopt certain tools related to organizational design and HR practices in the company. The HR practices are fundamental to encourage an innovative, proactive and risk-taking behavior, which is supposed to lead to an increase in innovation results and a greater competitive advantage to the company. In this sense, the objective of the paper is to analyze the employees’ perception of the HR practices system applied in their company, to confirm if it is coherent, consistent and if it contributes to boost their intrapreneurial behavior. In addition, it is analyzed if this relationship varies according to gender, given that, traditionally, literature attributes different roles to men and women regarding intrapreneurial behavior. The hypotheses were contrasted using structural equation models (SEM) with a sample of 297 employees, working in intensive knowledge positions, of six companies located in the Valencian Community. The results show the positive relationship between perceptions of HR practices and intrapreneurial behavior.Significant differences related to gender were not found.

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HR practices, Intrapreneur, Intra-emprendedor, strength of the HR practices system, gender, prácticas de RRHH, género, fuerza del sistema de prácticas de RRHH

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