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Innovationsbezogenes Aufgabenverständnis von Beschäftigten: Konzept und Erfassungsmethodik / Innovation related job definition of employees: concept and assessment

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  • Dettmers Jan

    (Universitat Hamburg Fakultat fur Erziehungswissenschaft, Psychologie und Bewegungswissenschaft Fachbereich Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie Von-Melle-Park 11 D-20146 Hamburg)

Abstract

Not only employees in research and development contribute to the innovativeness of organizations, but also employees with jobs that do not explicitly include innovation related tasks. If innovation related behavior is not a formal job requirement, employees must feel subjectively responsible for innovation related tasks and consider them as a part of their job. This is a matter of the individual and subjective job definition. The paper discusses the concept of individual job definitions and proposes a method for the assessment of innovation related job definitions. A first study tests the psychometric criteria of the proposed method. A second study confirms the impact of the individual job definition on the individual and organizational innovativeness. The results emphasize the importance of broad job definitions with regard to innovation related tasks. The systematic assessment of individual job definitions may be a promising approach to initiate a reflection process among employees and supervisors. This may foster broader job definitions of employees that are important to enhance the innovativeness of the organization.

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  • Dettmers Jan, 2012. "Innovationsbezogenes Aufgabenverständnis von Beschäftigten: Konzept und Erfassungsmethodik / Innovation related job definition of employees: concept and assessment," Arbeit, De Gruyter, vol. 21(2-3), pages 190-203, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:bpj:arbeit:v:21:y:2012:i:2-3:p:190-203:n:10
    DOI: 10.1515/arbeit-2012-2-310
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