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Following the approach described above, intrapreneurship would connote ‘self-agency’ as a central construct, characterised be the power to originate actions for given purposes (Bandura, 1986). Accordingly, an individual who exercises intrapreneurship is an individual who:
- Are able to foresee and weigh available options and to act upon them
- Are able to use own ideas and/or input from environment to create new opportunities for themselves
- Are willing and able to turn ideas into action (creativity, risk-taking and personal agency)
- Has a sense of self-esteem and high self-efficacy beliefs in the domain in question
- Are able to set goals and act upon them (plan and manage his/her career)
In a company or School setting we adopt the definition presented by Paul Tyrell (Tyrell 2005) which focus on, what he calls the ‘ intrapreneurial company culture‘ – meaning a culture in which innovative opportunities are spotted, nurtured and championed in an entrepreneurial manner. Following this approach, the school or company offers an open learning environment that stimulates employees or students to explore new ways of doing things. |