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The influence of task challenge on skill utilization, affective wellbeing and intrapreneurial behaviour

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  • Paul TY Preenen

    (Research Department, Dutch Tax and Customs Administration, the Netherlands)

  • Luc Dorenbosch

    (De baaningenieurs, the Netherlands)

  • Edo Plantinga

    (Deell.eu, the Netherlands)

  • Steven Dhondt

    (KU Leuven, Belgium; TNO, Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research, the Netherlands)

Abstract

This study examines and theorizes the effects of task challenge on skill utilization, affective wellbeing and intrapreneurial behaviour among civil servants through a real-life challenging assignment, which was part of a unique Dutch and Flemish bottom-up organized event called ‘Train Your Colleague’. Results of a short-term longitudinal study indicate that, as expected, task challenge is positively related to skill utilization and intrapreneurial behaviour but, unexpectedly, not to affective wellbeing. These results suggest that challenging assignments may be important tools to enhance employees’ skill utilization and intrapreneurial behaviour at the workplace. Implications for theory and practice are discussed.

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  • Paul TY Preenen & Luc Dorenbosch & Edo Plantinga & Steven Dhondt, 2019. "The influence of task challenge on skill utilization, affective wellbeing and intrapreneurial behaviour," Economic and Industrial Democracy, Department of Economic History, Uppsala University, Sweden, vol. 40(4), pages 954-975, November.
  • Handle: RePEc:sae:ecoind:v:40:y:2019:i:4:p:954-975
    DOI: 10.1177/0143831X16677367
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