When innovation requirements empower individual innovation: the role of job complexity
Audenaert, Mieke Vanderstraeten, Alex Buyens, Dirk
Audenaert, Mieke
Vanderstraeten, Alex
Buyens, Dirk
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2017-04-03
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Personnel Review
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46
Publication Issue
3
Publication Begin page
608
Publication End page
623
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the field’s understanding of how to raise individual innovation. Specifically, the authors aim to contribute to an understanding of the interplay of job characteristics and intrinsic motivation for individual innovation. Design/methodology/approach The study uses time-lagged survey data of a public service organization in Belgium. The analyses are based on more than 80 jobs and more than 1,000 employees. Hierarchical linear modeling was adopted to test cross-level hypotheses. Findings Innovation requirements influence individual innovation efforts by psychologically empowering employees, but the extent to which psychological empowerment translates into individual innovation depends on job complexity. Originality/value A more nuanced understanding is developed of when innovation requirements empower individual innovation, by acknowledging the role of job complexity in this relationship. The current findings contribute to a multilevel integrative understanding of the interplay of the job context and intrinsic motivation.
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35 Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services, 3507 Strategy, Management and Organisational Behaviour