The role of multilevel synergistic interplay among team mastery climate, knowledge hiding, and job characteristics in stimulating innovative work behavior
Keywords:
Innovative work behavior,
knowledge hiding,
mastery climate,
job design.
Author(s):
- Matej Černe, PhD, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Economics;
- Tomislav Hernaus, PhD, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Zagreb;
- Anders Dysvik, PhD, BI Norwegian Business School;
- Miha Škerlavaj, PhD, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Economics and BI Norwegian Business School
Abstract:
This study investigates the multilevel interplay among team-level, job-related, and individual characteristics in stimulating employees’ innovative work behavior (IWB) based on the theoretical frameworks of achievement goal theory (AGT) and job characteristics theory (JCT). A multilevel two-source study of 240 employees and their 34 direct supervisors in two medium-sized Slovenian companies revealed significant two- and three-way interactions, where a mastery climate, task interdependence, and decision autonomy moderated the relationship between knowledge hiding and IWB. When employees hide knowledge, a team mastery climate only facilitates high levels of IWB if accompanied by either high task interdependence or high decision autonomy. In the absence of one of these job characteristics, knowledge hiding prevents higher levels of IWB even in the case of strong team mastery climate. The results suggest that multiple job design antecedents are necessary to neutralize the negative influence of knowledge hiding on micro-innovation processes within organizations.
Journal:
Human Resource Management Journal, 27 (2 – special issue HRM and Innovation: A Multi-level Perspective), 281-299.
Indexing:
JCR IF 2015 = 1,845
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