The role of multilevel synergistic interplay among team mastery climate, knowledge hiding, and job characteristics in stimulating innovative work behavior

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‐sou...

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Published in:Human resource management journal 2017-04, Vol.27 (2), p.281-299
Main Authors: Černe, Matej, Hernaus, Tomislav, Dysvik, Anders, Škerlavaj, Miha
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
decision autonomy
Employees
innovative work behavior
Interdependence
knowledge hiding
Motivation
multilevel approach
Source studies
task interdependence
team mastery climate
Teamwork
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Summary: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.
ISSN:0954-5395
1748-8583
DOI:10.1111/1748-8583.12132