Knowledge work characteristics and innovative behaviour: a fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA)

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International Journal of Organizational Analysis Pub Date : 2024-03-26 DOI:10.1108/ijoa-08-2023-3896

Léa Fréour, Adalgisa Battistelli, Sabine Pohl, Nicola Cangialosi

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Abstract

Purpose

Innovative work behaviour (IWB) has long been advocated as a crucial resource for organisations. Evidence that work characteristics stimulate the adoption of IWB is widespread. Yet, the relationship between knowledge characteristics and IWB has often been overlooked. This study aims to address this gap by examining this relationship.

Design/methodology/approach

Building on an integrative vision of innovation, this study analyses the effects of combinations in work characteristics on IWB through a configurational approach. Job autonomy, complexity, problem solving, specialisation and demand for constant learning were examined as determinants of IWB using fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis.

Findings

Based on a sample of 214 Belgium employees, the results highlight seven configurations of work characteristics to elicit high levels of IWB. For six of them, problem solving appears as a needed condition.

Practical implications

Presented findings offer insights for organisations aiming at evolving in a competitive context to generate optimal conditions for promoting employee innovation.

Originality/value

While most studies have tested the influence of work characteristics independently, this research investigates the joint influence of work characteristics and identifies how combinations of multiple variables lead to IWB.

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知识工作特征与创新行为：模糊集定性比较分析（fsQCA）

目的创新工作行为（IWB）一直被认为是组织的重要资源。有大量证据表明，工作特征会促进创新工作行为的采用。然而，知识特征与 IWB 之间的关系却常常被忽视。本研究旨在通过考察这种关系来填补这一空白。设计/方法/途径本研究以创新的综合视角为基础，通过配置方法分析了工作特征组合对综合工作环境的影响。研究结果基于 214 名比利时雇员的样本，结果突出显示了七种工作特征组合能够激发高水平的 IWB。原创性/价值虽然大多数研究都是单独测试工作特征的影响，但本研究调查了工作特征的共同影响，并确定了多个变量的组合如何导致 IWB。

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International Journal of Organizational Analysis MANAGEMENT-

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6.00

自引率

7.10%

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期刊介绍： The IJOA welcomes papers that draw on, but not exclusively: ■Organization theory ■Organization behaviour ■Organization development ■Organizational learning ■Strategic and change management ■People in organizational contexts including human resource management and human resource development ■Business and its interrelationship with society ■Ethics and morals, spirituality