Premium
On‐the‐job Innovation: The Impact of Job Design and Human Resource Management through Production Ownership
Author(s) -
Dorenbosch Luc,
Engen Marloes L. van,
Verhagen Marinus
Publication year - 2005
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/j.1476-8691.2005.00333.x
Subject(s) - flexibility (engineering) , job design , business , human resource management , feeling , work (physics) , job rotation , job analysis , production (economics) , job attitude , empirical research , human resources , marketing , knowledge management , job performance , job satisfaction , management , psychology , economics , social psychology , computer science , mechanical engineering , philosophy , epistemology , engineering , macroeconomics
A growing number of practitioners and academics endorse that the ability of organizations to foster, develop and use the innovative potential of their employees contributes to organizational success. Yet empirical investigation of individual innovation processes is lacking. In this research we address the question of whether both more flexibility in an employees’ job design and commitment‐oriented HRM activities promote individual innovative work behaviour. Findings suggest that a multifunctional job design and the perceived HRM system promote employee involvement in innovative activities through increased feelings of ownership for work‐related issues and problems.