Intrapreneurship Dynamics and Small-Scale Businesses? Growth: A Meta-Analysis

The objective of the paper is to provide an in depth analysis of the concept of intrapreneurship and how it is a leeway to the success of small-scale businesses in South East Nigeria. Extant literature were reviewed and the theoretical framework is anchored on the psychological innovation entrepreneurship theory propounded by Schumpeter in1938 in which he describes the entrepreneur as one forsaking well-trodden paths to open up new territory and as turning dreams into reality. A structured questionnaire that gauged the structure; size, control, organizational and communications levels of Small Scale Businesses, in relation with intrapreneurship was developed and administered to small scale businesses. Data collected were analysed using the Pearson's product moment correlation, t-test and three (3) simple regression models. Also to show that the data satisfies the conditions for parametric analysis, the F-Statistic linearity test and Shapiro-Wilk's test of normality was also conducted using the SPSS version 20.0. However, from the data analysis, it was found that small-scale business growth is enhanced through intrapreneurship activities. Consequently it is recommended that small-scale owners should engage people with entrepreneurship orientations.