Organizational environments, work characteristics and employee innovative behavior in the digital age: an fsQCA approach

IF 1.9 4区 管理学 Q3 MANAGEMENT
Yueyue Liu, Xu Zhang, Meng Xi, Siqi Liu, Xin Meng
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Purpose For start-ups or growing firms, to effectively navigate the unpredictable nature of digital development and achieve superior innovative performance, it is crucial to have a workforce comprised of creative and innovative employees. Drawing upon the principles of social information processing theory, this study aims to investigate whether specific combinations of organizational internal and external environments, as well as work characteristics in the digital age, can foster a high level of employee innovative behavior. Design/methodology/approach By collecting a multilevel and multisource data set comprising 693 employees and 88 CEOs from 88 start-ups or growing firms, this study used fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis to examine the distinctive configurations associated with achieving a high level of employee innovative behavior. Findings The study found that six solutions enabled employees to innovate more effectively, but six solutions led to the absence of employee innovative behavior. Research limitations/implications The findings of this study offer important theoretical and practical implications to motivate employee innovative behavior in Chinese enterprises. Originality/value First, this study contributes to the literature on employee innovative behavior by addressing the need to explore the impact of the digital context on promoting innovation among employees. Second, this study adds to the existing literature on employee innovation and entrepreneurship by examining multiple organizational contexts and their influence on innovative behavior. Third, this study makes a significant contribution to the field of employee innovative behavior by examining the macroenvironment surrounding digital transformation within enterprises and integrating both internal and external organizational factors.
数字时代的组织环境、工作特点和员工创新行为:一种基于FSQCA的方法
对于初创企业或成长型公司来说,要有效地驾驭数字化发展的不可预测性,并实现卓越的创新绩效,拥有一支由富有创造力和创新精神的员工组成的员工队伍至关重要。根据社会信息加工理论的原理,本研究旨在探讨组织内外部环境的特定组合以及数字时代的工作特征是否可以培养高水平的员工创新行为。本研究收集了来自88家初创企业或成长型企业的693名员工和88名ceo的多层次、多源数据集,采用模糊集定性比较分析方法,考察了与实现高水平员工创新行为相关的不同配置。研究发现,六种解决方案使员工更有效地创新,但六种解决方案导致员工缺乏创新行为。研究的局限性/启示本研究的发现对我国企业激励员工创新行为具有重要的理论和实践意义。独创性/价值首先,本研究通过探讨数字环境对促进员工创新的影响,为研究员工创新行为的文献做出了贡献。其次,本研究通过考察多种组织情境及其对创新行为的影响,补充了现有关于员工创新与企业家精神的文献。第三,本研究通过考察企业内部数字化转型的宏观环境,整合内部和外部组织因素,对员工创新行为领域做出了重大贡献。
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