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On the Relation of Job Insecurity, Job Autonomy, Innovative Work Behaviour and the Mediating Effect of Work Engagement
Author(s) -
De Spiegelaere Stan,
Van Gyes Guy,
De Witte Hans,
Niesen Wendy,
Van Hootegem Geert
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
creativity and innovation management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.148
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1467-8691
pISSN - 0963-1690
DOI - 10.1111/caim.12079
Subject(s) - job insecurity , autonomy , work (physics) , work engagement , structural equation modeling , job attitude , survey data collection , psychology , job design , relation (database) , social psychology , job performance , job satisfaction , political science , computer science , mathematics , mechanical engineering , statistics , database , machine learning , law , engineering
European policy is focusing on innovation as a way out of the economic crisis. At the same time, job insecurity is rising as E urope is still in crisis. In this paper, we examine whether job insecurity affects the innovative work behaviour of employees by focusing on the relation between job insecurity, job autonomy, work engagement and innovative work behaviour ( IWB ). Using employee level survey data, we use structural equation modelling to disentangle the relations between these variables. The partially mediated model shows the best fit with the data. This model shows that job insecurity and autonomy are both directly and indirectly, through work engagement, related with IWB . For autonomy these relations are positive, while they are negative (and smaller) for job insecurity. Moreover, a negative covariance is observed between job insecurity and autonomy.