Effects of social impact and task variety on innovative work behavior: the mediating role of work meaningfulness

IF 3.4 3区管理学 Q2 MANAGEMENT

Career Development International Pub Date : 2024-08-20 DOI:10.1108/cdi-05-2023-0157

Jonghun Sun, Eunsun Ahn, Jiseon Shin

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Abstract

Purpose

Based on the conservation of resources (COR) theory, we investigate antecedents and consequences of work meaningfulness.

Design/methodology/approach

We used survey data from employees in various South Korean organizations and applied Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) and a bootstrapping procedure to test our proposed model.

Findings

We found that employees’ perceptions of their jobs’ social impact and task variety are positively related to work meaningfulness, which leads to higher levels of innovative behavior. We found that work meaningfulness mediates the effects of employees’ perceived social impact and task variety on their innovative behaviors.

Originality/value

Our study contributes to the positive psychology literature by identifying work meaningfulness as a critical underlying mechanism in explaining the relationship between task variety, perceived social impact, and innovative behavior.

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社会影响和任务多样性对创新工作行为的影响：工作意义的中介作用

研究结果我们发现，员工对其工作的社会影响和任务多样性的感知与工作意义正相关，而工作意义会导致更高水平的创新行为。原创性/价值我们的研究将工作意义确定为解释任务多样性、感知到的社会影响和创新行为之间关系的重要潜在机制，从而为积极心理学文献做出了贡献。

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Career Development International Multiple-

CiteScore

5.40

自引率

10.00%

发文量

期刊介绍： Careers and Development are inter-related fields of study with connections to many academic disciplines, organizational practices and policy developments in the emerging knowledge economies and learning societies of the modern world. Career Development International provides a platform for research in these areas that deals with questions of theories and theory development, as well as with organizational career strategy, policy and practice. Issues of theory and of practice may be dealt with at individual, organizational and society levels. The international character of submissions may have two aspects. Submissions may be international in their scope, dealing with a topic that is of concern to researchers throughout the world rather than of sole interest to a national audience. Alternatively, submissions may be international in content, relating, for example, to comparative analyses of careers and development across national boundaries, or dealing with inherently ''international'' issues such as expatriation. Coverage: -Individual careers - psychological and developmental perspectives -Career interventions (systems and tools, mentoring, etc) -Government policy and practices -HR planning and recruitment -International themes and issues (MNCs, expatriation, etc) -Organizational strategies and systems -Performance management -Work and occupational contexts