Good employees through good jobs

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify different job types in the Belgian electricity sector and their relations with employee outcomes such as work engagement and innovative work behaviour (IWB). Design/methodology/approach This paper uses a combination of latent profile analysis and rela...

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Published in:Employee relations 2017-06, Vol.39 (4), p.503-522
Main Authors: De Spiegelaere, Stan, Ramioul, Monique, Van Gyes, Guy
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Active learning
Competitive advantage
Creativity
Electric industries
Employee behavior
Employee involvement
Employment
Industrial democracy
Innovations
Labor relations
Motivation
Studies
Work environment
Workloads
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Summary:Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify different job types in the Belgian electricity sector and their relations with employee outcomes such as work engagement and innovative work behaviour (IWB). Design/methodology/approach This paper uses a combination of latent profile analysis and relative operating characteristics (ROC) analysis. Findings Depending on the job resources and demands, five different job types are identified corresponding largely to the Karasek and Theorell (1990) job types. Their relation with the outcomes is not parallel with low-strain jobs performing best for work engagement, and active jobs for IWB. Research limitations/implications The combination of methods used in this study increases significantly the ease of communication of the findings, yet an external benchmark for the ROC analysis would be preferable. Practical implications To foster engagement and IWB with employees one should focus on the job content and only increase demands if they are combined with sufficient resources. Originality/value This research is the first in its kind that relates latent job types with different employee outcomes using a combination of latent profile and ROC analysis.
ISSN:0142-5455
1758-7069
DOI:10.1108/ER-02-2016-0034