Positioning bank managers for entrepreneurship: The importance of personal and job attributes
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2024
Abstract
The entrepreneurial nature of a bank determines its survivability. Thus, bank managers’ entrepreneurial behaviour plays an important role. Research on the predictors of managers’ entrepreneurial behaviour, particularly in the Malaysian service industries, are essential, yet they are scarcely available. Results of a survey of 271 managers in this study indicate that self-esteem, proactive personality, and job autonomy had a positive relationship with entrepreneurial behaviour. Interestingly, in relative terms, job autonomy holds a larger effect compared to personal attributes, such as self-esteem, and a proactive personality. Overall, this study is useful for aiding policymakers and practitioners in their efforts to understand the concept of entrepreneurial behaviour, which relies on the potential of personal, and job attributes, of managers in the banking sector. Finally, the study provides practical implications for human capital and organizational behaviour. © 2024, Faculty of Economics and Administration. All rights reserved.
Keywords
Entrepreneurial behaviour, Job autonomy, Managers, Self-esteem, Structural equation modelling
Divisions
Faculty_of_Business_and_Accountancy
Publication Title
Institutions and Economies
Volume
16
Issue
1
Publisher
Faculty of Economics and Administration, University of Malaya