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Information sharing and innovative work behavior: The role of work‐based learning, challenging tasks, and organizational commitment
Author(s) -
Battistelli Adalgisa,
Odoardi C.,
Vandenberghe C.,
Di Napoli G.,
Piccione L.
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
human resource development quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.756
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1532-1096
pISSN - 1044-8004
DOI - 10.1002/hrdq.21344
Subject(s) - work behavior , knowledge management , task (project management) , organizational learning , organizational commitment , psychology , work (physics) , information sharing , structural equation modeling , knowledge sharing , survey data collection , social psychology , computer science , management , engineering , mechanical engineering , world wide web , statistics , mathematics , machine learning , economics
The present study examines a model linking perceived information sharing as a Human Resource Management practice to employee innovative work behavior, using survey data collected from 756 employees of a military organization. Work‐based learning, challenging tasks, and organizational commitment were used as factors that could account for the relationship between information sharing and innovative behavior. Using structural equation modeling, findings indicated that information sharing had a positive relationship with task‐related and interactional dimensions of work‐based learning. Task‐related learning had a positive relationship with innovative behavior through challenging tasks while interactional learning had an indirect, positive relationship to innovative behavior via organizational commitment and challenging tasks. This article contributes to extend knowledge about the role of information sharing and work‐based learning in innovative work behavior. It also breaks new ground by uncovering potential antecedents of innovative behavior in military organizations.