Intrapreneurial behaviors of employees having career success: A content analysis

The aim of this study is to investigate intrapreneurial behavior on employees having career success. And aim to answer the research question: what are the characteristics of intrapreneurial behavior of employees having career success. Qualitative method has been used and content analysis has been applied. Data was collected by conducting interviews with 10 successful employees, those who match selection criteria that was derived from literature review. Intrapreneurial behavior was also derived from literature review too in order to compare them with content analysis. As a result of content analysis, it was found out that 9 interviewees out of 10 have intrapreneurial behavior characteristics of, proactiveness, innovativeness, risk taking, autonomy and getting job done, the 10th interviewee has 3 intrapreneurial characteristics out of 5, and these characteristics are proactiveness, autonomy and getting job done.