دانلود رایگان مقاله ادراک کارکنان از سیستم کار با عملکرد بالا و رفتار نوآورانه نقش یادگیری اکتشافی

abstract

This paper analyses the influence of employees' perceptions of high-performance work systems (HPWSs) on employees' exploratory learning and innovative behaviour. Furthermore, the mediating role of exploratory learning in this relationship has also been studied. To achieve these objectives, a quantitative analysis was conducted with a sample of 304 researchers from the Spanish public sector. Results showed the relevance of employees' perceptions of HPWSs in promoting exploratory learning and employees' innovative behaviour. The mediating role of exploratory learning in the relationship was assessed. The paper mentions the importance of workers' perceptions on the implementation of HPWSs and their impact on employees' behaviour. The paper also presents practical and theoretical implications.

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and conclusions The study of employees' IB has become crucial in recent years as IB contributes to attain organisational success through the generation of new and useful ideas, which are transformed into new and better products, services and work processes (De Jong & Den Hartog, 2007). Individuals initiate and develop the innovation process. Consequently, it is of primary importance to study which individual factors foster IB. Thus, the aim of this article centred on studying to what extent employees' perceptions of HPWSs are related to individual exploratory learning and IB, trying to reveal the mediating function of exploratory learning in this relationship. Our first hypothesis posed the positive influence of employees' perceptions of HPWSs on IB. In this respect, our empirical results confirmed this hypothesis in line with some previous theoretical (Hayton, 2004) and empirical (Bednall et al., 2014; Beugelsdijk, 2008; Laursen & Foss, 2003) studies. However, as opposed to previous works, which focused on the study of single practices (e.g. performance quality appraisal; Bednall et al., 2014) or adopted an organisational perspective (Beugelsdijk, 2008; Laursen & Foss, 2003), our study analysed the link between HPWSs and IB from an individual viewpoint and considered the systemic nature of HPWSs. Our research has specifically revealed that when employees perceive HRM practices as being motivating and feel that these practices contribute to offer them the opportunity to develop professionally and feel safe and confident, they will be more likely to accept risks and apply new ideas, that is, to orient their behaviour towards innovation.