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What drives different employee types of innovative behaviour? Development and test of an integrative model of employee driven innovation in German firms

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  • Veronika Kurz
  • Stefan Hüsig
  • Michael Dowling

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Innovation is typically attributed to certain groups of employees such as functional specialists, professionals, and R%D experts. The innovative potential of lower-level employees is often overlooked. With this study, we contribute to innovation research by analysing the innovative behaviour of ordinary employees compared to other kinds of employees from whom highly innovative behaviours are expected. We develop and test an integrative model of employee driven innovation consisting of different intra-organisational drivers and simultaneously control for personal characteristics. Our results show that the most important factor for influencing innovative behaviour is an appropriate job design that includes autonomy and innovativeness as job requirements. In addition, the personal factors of openness to new experiences and role breadth self-efficacy seem to be essential. Moreover, we found that the degree of innovative behaviour of ordinary employees is not significantly different from other groups of employees who are expected to focus on innovation activities.

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  • Veronika Kurz & Stefan Hüsig & Michael Dowling, 2018. "What drives different employee types of innovative behaviour? Development and test of an integrative model of employee driven innovation in German firms," International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 22(4/5), pages 397-426.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijeima:v:22:y:2018:i:4/5:p:397-426
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    Cited by:

    1. Zhongzhen Miao & Huanyong Ji, 2020. "Challenges to the Promotion of Employee-Driven Innovation in State-Owned Enterprises: Two Cases from the Automotive Sector in China," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(6), pages 1-16, March.
    2. Michael Yao-Ping Peng & Cheng Xu & Rong Zheng & Yuan He, 2023. "The impact of perceived organizational support on employees’ knowledge transfer and innovative behavior: comparisons between Taiwan and mainland China," Palgrave Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 10(1), pages 1-13, December.
    3. Lukoschek, Carmen Sabrina & Stock-Homburg, Ruth Maria, 2021. "Integrating Home and Work: How the Work Environment Enhances Household-Sector Innovations," Research Policy, Elsevier, vol. 50(1).
    4. Krndzija Lamija, 2021. "Public sector innovation performance in Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina: An exploratory factor analysis," Croatian Review of Economic, Business and Social Statistics, Sciendo, vol. 7(1), pages 13-30, May.

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