An Empirical Study on Employee Intrapreneurship as Growth Reserves for Labor Productivity

Although entrepreneurially oriented approaches have emerged as a critical determinant of modern economic efficiency, empirical evidence substantiating employee intrapreneurship as growth reserves for labor productivity remains scarce. This study aims to examine the impact of employee intrapreneurship on employee performance and organizational performance, and to validate its role as a key driver of labor productivity improvement amid China’s economic context. We developed three hypotheses about the positive associations between intrapreneurship and multi-dimensional performance, and tested them through quantitative empirical analysis to validate employee intrapreneurship as growth reserves for labor productivity. The research used survey data from 170 valid responses of corporate managers in China, and adopted structural equation modeling, reliability and validity tests, and path analysis for data processing. The results demonstrate that employee intrapreneurship exerts a significant positive effect on both employee performance (β = 0.761, p < 0.001) and organizational performance (β = 0.663, p < 0.001), accounting for 57.9% and 44.0% of their variance respectively. These findings confirm that employee intrapreneurship is a critical determinant of labor productivity growth. This research provides justification for enterprise managers to build intrapreneurial culture and optimize human resource strategies, and offers reference for labor economic policy formulation. Future research can explore the underlying mediating and moderating mechanisms, and expand the sample scope to enhance the generalizability of the conclusions.