Overcoming internal barriers to new venture growth: The role of employee motivations
研究新创企业扩张中员工努力下降这一内部障碍，分析利用外在、内在和亲社会三种动机的管理措施如何影响该障碍，发现亲社会动机措施更有利于克服障碍并促进持续增长。
A major internal barrier to new venture growth is employee effort that diminishes with expansion of the venture’s workforce. This paper advances entrepreneurial growth theory by exploring conceptually how management measures that leverage three distinct employee motivations – extrinsic, intrinsic, and prosocial – affect this barrier. I argue that “agency measures” which leverage employees’ extrinsic motivations likely lose their effectiveness as firms grow; in contrast, measures that leverage employees’ prosocial motivations are better placed to overcome the internal growth barrier and spur ongoing new venture growth.