HRM practices and innovative work behavior
- HRM Practices and Innovative Work Behavior: Employee Involvement and Job Auton-omy as influencing factors of Innovative Work Behavior An organization´s capacity to innovate often resides within its employee´s innovative work behavior. Previous research suggested positive effects of employee involvement and job autonomy on innovative behavior. This research aims to analyze the impact of involvement- and autonomy-focused HRM practices (participation, information-sharing, work-scheduling autonomy, decision-making autonomy, and work-methods autonomy) on innovative work behavior. It is hypothesized that all five HRM practices mentioned above positively influence employees´ innovative work behavior. Therefore, a cross-sectional quantitative research design was chosen. Online questionnaire data from 376 employees in Austria was analyzed. Although all five HRM practices correlated with innovative work behavior, only work-methods autonomy had a statistically significant influence on the innovative work behavior of all employees. Thus, practitioners should include work-methods autonomy as critical HRM practice in a “high-innovation” HRM system to facilitate employees´ innovative work behavior.
Author: | Desiree Egger |
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DOI: | https://doi.org/10.25924/opus-4164 |
Subtitle (English): | Employee involvement and job autonomy as influencing factors of innovative work behavior |
Advisor: | Willy Kriz |
Document Type: | Master's Thesis |
Language: | English |
Year of publication: | 2021 |
Publishing Institution: | FH Vorarlberg (Fachhochschule Vorarlberg) |
Granting Institution: | FH Vorarlberg (Fachhochschule Vorarlberg) |
Release Date: | 2021/10/13 |
Tag: | HRM practices; Innovation |
Number of pages: | VIII, 107 |
DDC classes: | 300 Sozialwissenschaften |
Open Access?: | ja |
Course of Studies: | Betriebswirtschaft: Human Resources & Organisation |
Licence (German): | UrhG - The Austrian Copyright Act applies - Es gilt das österr. Urheberrechtsgesetz |