THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INTRAPRENEURIAL COMPETENCIES AND INNOVATIVE WORK BEHAVIOR: A CASE OF CYBERSECURITY EXPERTS IN MALAYSIA

Abstract

In today's world, there is increasing attention to innovation, which is a way to respond to the
worldwide competition and pressures from the environment. Employees play a crucial role in the
innovation process as they are the basis of all ideas. Therefore, innovative work behavior is of interest
when organizations aim at innovation, as is the case for critical information infrastructure,
cybersecurity. Due to the fact that a decrease in organizational innovation capacity, the researchers
wanted to get more insight into the innovation process. Moreover, since innovation is a strategic
pillar, it was any way of interest to get a better understanding of innovation and the role of employees
in this context. As a result, this study is to investigate intrapreneurial competencies that foster the
innovative work behavior of employees. The research was completed by using a quantitative method
and there were 186 questionnaires from cybersecurity experts in Malaysia. The analysis method used
was correlation analysis for hypothesis testing in this research and the results showed that there have
significant relationships between intrapreneurial competencies and innovative work behavior. It is
believed that this research paper will beneficial to the industry practitioners and academicians for
future reference.