LINKING INTRAPRENEURIAL SKILLS WITH INTRAPRENEUR’S PERFORMANCE: MEDIATING ROLE OF REWARDS

This study aims at understanding the impact of intrapreneurial skill (IS) on intrapreneur's performance (IPER) with mediation of rewards (RWD) in the software houses in Pakistan. The study employed Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) for the empirical analysis of data from 517 respondents employed by software houses of 0Pakistan. The results confirmed positive and significant relationship between intrapreneur's skills and intrapreneur's performance. Mediating role of reward was also confirmed between intrapreneur's skills and intrapreneur's performance. The findings of the study indicate towards the important role that intrapreneur's skills including political skills, creativity and transformational leadership can play to attain intrapreneur's performance. The study also highlights the important role of rewards which through their mediation can further improve intrapreneur's performance based on intrapreneur's skills. The study implies that the managers of the firms can use the findings of this study to find the potential intrapreneurs and manage rewards to enhance their intrapreneurial performance