Exploring the Factors Influencing Employees’ Intrapreneurial Behavior of Public Universities in Northeast, Nigeria.

Abstract:

This study examines the key factors influencing employees’ intrapreneurial behavior in public universities across Northeast Nigeria. Guided by the positivist paradigm, it employs a quantitative, cross-sectional research design using primary data collected through a structured online questionnaire. Four federal universities from the region were selected, with a sample of 396 academic and non-academic staff; 220 valid responses were analyzed using PLS-SEM and SPSS. Findings reveal that organizational, individual, and external environmental factors significantly and positively influence employees’ intrapreneurial behavior, while institutional barriers exert a positive but insignificant effect. The results suggest that strengthening organizational support, individual competencies, and external opportunities can enhance intrapreneurship, fostering innovation and institutional performance. Although common barriers show limited impact, prioritizing key drivers of intrapreneurial behavior can promote innovation and socio-economic development within Nigeria’s public university sector and beyond. KEYWORDS: Employees’ Intrapreneurial behavior, Intrapreneurship, Organisational factors, Individual factors and Environmental factors.