Predictors of individual-level innovation at work: A meta-analysis.
verifiedmedium profile · Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts · 2011
Hammond, Michelle M.; Neff, Nicole L.; Farr, James L.; Schwall, Alexander R.; Zhao, Xinyuan
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Numerous narrative reviews related to innovation in work organizations have been published, yet very few quantitative reviews have been conducted.The present meta-analysis investigates the relationships between four predictor types (individual differences, motivation, job characteristics, and contextual influences) and individual-level workplace innovation.Results indicated that individual factors, characteristics of the job, and factors of the environment were moderately associated with phases of the innovation process.Implications for future research opportunities are discussed.
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supports “At the same time, the work environment represents a pivotal element in boosting innovation: innovative behavior is stimulated by contextual factors such as job complexity, job autonomy, time pressure, leadership and organizational climate for support and creativity [45].”
supports “…autonomy and social (supervisor) support have been recognized and studied not only as core (sufficient) predictors of creativity and innovation (e.g., Dediu et al., 2018; Hammond et al., 2011), yet they were like-wise most frequently highlighted as eligible job resource (pre)conditions of IWBs.”
supports “The meta-analysis by Hammond et al. (2011) found that among the various factors they evaluated, job characteristics, especially job autonomy, emerged as the most crucial predictors of creativity and innovation.”
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