Employee intrapreneurship and work engagement: A latent change score approach
基于工作要求-资源理论，通过对351名公务员的两波纵向调查，发现员工内部创业行为能增加个人资源，进而提升工作投入，三者形成良性循环。
Although ample evidence has shown that intrapreneurial activities of an employee (i.e. employee intrapreneurship) positively impact organizational outcomes, research on how these activities affect employee outcomes is scarce. Based on Job Demands-Resources theory, we hypothesized that employee intrapreneurship builds personal resources over time, which in turn, fosters work engagement. We conducted a two-wave study with a three-month time interval among a sample of public servants (N = 351). Results of a latent change score analysis showed that employee intrapreneurship predicted a positive change in employees' personal resources over time, and personal resources predicted higher and more stable experiences of work engagement during the study period. Moreover, we found evidence for a positive gain cycle of employee intrapreneurial behavior, personal resources, and work engagement. The practical implication of our findings is that intervening to increase either one of these constructs can be expected to lead to mutual gains in the others.