Entrepreneurial Employee Activity in Indonesia

Abstract

Based on Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) data, Indonesia has the highest new business entrepreneurship rate among other Southeast Asian countries. Indonesia also has a relatively high established business ownership rate, it is the second highest among Southeast Asian countries after Thailand. However, almost all businesses still focus on the trading or selling products that do not show an example of risk taking and has little innovation. This research captures entrepreneurial employee activity (EEA), which is acknowledging the existence of different types of entrepreneurship (early-stage entrepreneurs, established businesses, and ambitious entrepreneurial employee activity) among non-entrepreneurs. This study elaborates how different profiles of entrepreneurship, related to different conditions, leading to different forms of socio economic output. The study indicates that there is a low rate of employees who are taking an active and leading role in the entrepreneurial activity are very low, and the rate tends to decrease between current situation and the last three years.