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  • Organizational Psychology
  • Work Design Research
  • Innovation Management

Background:

  • Autonomy in job design positively impacts work outcomes in technologically dynamic environments.
  • Previous research primarily focused on direct and mediating effects of autonomy, neglecting contextual influences.
  • Organizational context's role in moderating the autonomy-innovation relationship requires further investigation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine how psychological climate dimensions moderate the relationship between autonomy and employee innovative work behavior (IWB).
  • To investigate the direct effects of specific autonomy dimensions (scheduling, methods, decision-making) on IWB.
  • To adopt a context-contingent perspective on work design and autonomy.

Main Methods:

  • A conjoint experiment involving 9,440 assessments from 1,180 employees.
  • Multi-level analysis to assess moderating effects of psychological climate.
  • Examination of three dimensions of autonomy: work scheduling, work methods, and decision-making.

Main Results:

  • All dimensions of autonomy demonstrated a significant direct positive effect on employee perceived IWB.
  • No significant moderating effect was found for psychological climate dimensions (supervisor support, organizational structure, organizational innovation).
  • Findings challenge the hypothesis that organizational context strengthens or weakens the autonomy-IWB relationship.

Conclusions:

  • Autonomy is a key driver of innovative work behavior, independent of the tested organizational climate factors.
  • Work design research should consider autonomy as a multi-dimensional construct.
  • Future research could explore other contextual factors or boundary conditions influencing the autonomy-innovation link.