International Journal of Management and Business Studies

International Journal of Management and Business Studies ISSN 2167-0439 Vol. 15 (1), pp. 001-009, January, 2026. Available online at www.internationalscholarsjournals.org © International Scholars Journals

Full Length Research Paper

Construct Validity of the Corporate Entrepreneurship Assessment Instrument in South Africa

René van Wyk* and Mandla Adonisi

Gordon Institute for Business Science, University of Pretoria, South Africa.

Accepted 17 October, 2025

The USA developed Corporate Entrepreneurship Assessment Instrument (CEAI) (Hornsby, Kuratko and Zahra, 2002) is used to assess and implement a corporate entrepreneurial strategy. As psychometric instruments cannot necessarily be transferred between different cultures, the main objective of this study is to investigate the construct validity of CEAI, for a South African sample. An exploratory principal factor analysis with oblique rotation investigated the five-factor 48-item CEAI using a South African sample of 333 managers. Confirmatory factor analysis indicated an eight-factor 34-item solution (alphas in brackets): Work discretion (0.84), Management support and risk-taking (0.82), Rewards/ reinforcement (0.75), Innovative initiatives (0.84), Financial support (0.73), Sufficient time (0.76), Organizational boundaries (0.81) and Inadequate time (0.67). The application of this eight-factor scale is a powerful tool that allows management to investigate and communicate entrepreneurial expectations and facilitate entrepreneurial actions effectively.

Key words: Construct validity, Corporate Entrepreneurship Assessment Instrument (CEAI), portability, metric equivalence.