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Christopher C. Wood, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
Daniel T. Holt, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
Timothy S. Reed, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
Bryan J. Hudgens, Graduate School of Business and Public Policy Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey California

ABSTRACT. Air Force senior leaders have called for its members to take an entrepreneurial approach in an effort to transform and improve. This study investigated the extent to which key organizational factors related to perceptions of corporate entrepreneurship and subsequent outcomes associated with these perceptions. From data collected using an electronic questionnaire, results indicated that appropriate rewards, management support, a supportive organizational structure, and belief in risk-taking and failure tolerance were key antecedents that were positively related to corporate entrepreneurship. In addition, corporate entrepreneurship was related positively to increased levels of job satisfaction, perceived organizational contribution, organizational commitment, memory orientation, and overall organizational performance.

SOMMAIRE. Les cadres supérieurs de l’armée de l’air ont demandé à leurs effectifs d’adopter une démarche entrepreneuriale en vue de changements et d’améliorations. Cette étude examine à quel point les facteurs d’organisation essentiels étaient liés aux perceptions de l’entrepreneuriat de sociétés, ainsi que ce qui ressort de ces perceptions. Les données provenant d’un questionnaire électronique indiquent que des récompenses appropriées, un encadrement administratif, des structures de soutien et une disposition à prendre des risques et à tolérer l’échec comptaient pour beaucoup dans l’entrepreneuriat de sociétés. De plus, ce dernier s’avérait en relation positive avec la satisfaction au travail, ainsi qu’avec la contribution organisationnelle perçue, l’engagement institutionnel, l’orientation de mémoire et la performance organisationnelle d’ensemble.

 Perceptions of Corporate Entrepreneurship in Air Force Organizations: Antecedents and Outcomes