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The Critical Roles of Task Conflict and Job Autonomy in the Relationship Between Proactive Personalities and

Ellen Giebels¹, Renee S M de Reuver², Sonja Rispens³

¹University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands.

The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science

|August 19, 2016

Summary

Proactive personality boosts innovative behavior at work by increasing task conflict, especially when job autonomy is low. Understanding this interplay is key for fostering innovation.

Keywords:

conflict innovation proactivity task autonomy

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Area of Science:

Organizational Behavior
Psychology
Innovation Management

Background:

Proactive personality is linked to positive work outcomes.
The role of task conflict in fostering innovation requires further investigation.
Job autonomy's influence on personality-behavior relationships is not fully understood.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the mediating role of task conflict in the proactive personality-innovative behavior link.
To examine the moderating effect of job autonomy on the relationship between proactive personality and task conflict.
To understand how personality and work context interact to influence innovative employee behavior.

Main Methods:

Survey data collected from 166 employees across 35 departments in a Dutch municipality.
Statistical analysis to test mediation and moderation hypotheses.

Main Results:

Task conflict mediates the positive relationship between proactive personality and innovative employee behavior.
The link between proactive personality and task conflict is stronger under low job autonomy.
Job autonomy moderates the effect of proactive personality on task conflict.

Conclusions:

Task conflict can be a beneficial mechanism through which proactive individuals drive innovation.
Organizational context, specifically job autonomy, significantly influences how personality traits translate into innovative behaviors.
Findings underscore the importance of considering both individual differences and work environment factors for promoting workplace innovation.