The Mediating Role of Internal Entrepreneurship in The Effect of Perceived Organizational Support to The Business Performance

Abstract

In global competitive business environment, to ensure that organizations have the advantage of competition, organizational support and internal entrepreneurship provided for the employees and as a result of these, the target business performance have become more and more important recently. Therefore, to determine the effects of organizational support perceived by the employees, the effect of entrepreneurship activities within the organization on business performance and to find out whether internal entrepreneurship has a mediating role in the effect of perceived organizational support, a study has been conducted on the employees of 23 organizations working in the field of electronics in OSTIM, which is an industrial zone in Ankara, Turkey. The analysis of the data gathered through a survey study and the relationships between these variables were analyzed and it was found out that perceived organizational support affects internal entrepreneurship and business performance positively and internal entrepreneurship has a positive effect on financial performance as well. However, it was determined that internal entrepreneurship does not have a mediating role in the relationship of perceived organizational support and business performance.