COMPETENCE, ORGANIZATIONAL SUPPORTS AND INTRAPRENEURIAL PERSISTENCE IN MANUFACTURING FIRMS IN NIGERIA

Abstract

The dearth of literature in intrapreneurial persistence from developing economies and the limited knowledge in the area as well, were what stimulated the current study. Thus, we explored the direct effect of competence and intrapreneurial persistence, and how it might be organizational supports. Utilizing a structured questionnaire, we collected data from a sample of 215 intrapreneurs from manufacturing firms in Nigeria. A single-parallel mediation analysis was used to analyze the data on the PROCESS V.3.0. The results indicated that there is a positive and significant direct effect of competence on intrapreneurial persistence, and that organizational supports mediated this relationship. The current study confirms both the competence motivation theory and the social support theory as theoretical lenses for examining competence and organizational supports: two espoused variables that assist in explaining intrapreneurial persistence.