ROLE OF EMPLOYEE COMPETENCE AND JOB AUTONOMY ON EMPLOYEE INNOVATIVE BEHAVIOR IN THE OIL AND GAS SECTOR IN DELTA STATE
Keywords:
Employee Competence, Innovative Behavior, Job Autonomy, Oil and Gas firms Psychological Empowerment
Abstract
It has been observed that insufficient attention has been given to the link between employee empowerment proxies and their innovative behavior, especially in the oil and gas sector. Drawing on the resource-based view theory, this study explored the influence of two proxies of employee empowerment - employee competence and job autonomy, on innovative behavior. Primary data were collected from one hundred and twenty (120) staff of oil and gas firms in Delta State, while simple regression was employed for data analyses. The study revealed that employee competence and job autonomy have a positive impact on their innovative behavior. The study, therefore, concludes that both employee competence and job autonomy enhance their innovative behavior. The recommendation is that Oil and gas firms in Delta State that are desirous of enhancing innovative behavior of their employees should first increase their psychological empowerment by enhancing their employee competence and job autonomy, which, in turn, can be achieved through appropriate skill and knowledge training.
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Langbein, L. I. (2000). Ownership, empowerment, and productivity: Some empirical evidence on the causes and consequences of employee discretion. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 19(3), 427-449.
Lawler, E. E. (1969). Effects of task factors on job attitudes and behavior: A symposium: III. Job design and employee motivation. Personnel Psychology, 22, 426-435
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Zhang, X., & Bartol, K. M. (2010). Linking empowering leadership and employee creativity: The influence of psychological empowerment, intrinsic motivation, and creative process engagement. Academy of Management Journal, 53(1), 107-128.
Zhou, J., & George, J. M. (2001). When job dissatisfaction leads to creativity: Encouraging the expression of voice. Academy of Management Journal, 44(4), 682-696.
Akram, T., Haider, M. J., & Feng, Y. X. (2016). The effects of organizational justice on the innovative work behavior of employees: an empirical study from China. Innovation, 2(1), 114-126.
Alrumah, M. (2020). Kuwait Oil and Gas Industry Workforce Source and Supply Analysis. Journal of Petroleum and Mining Engineering, 22(1), 47-52.
Amabile, T. M. (1988). A model of creativity and innovation in organizations. Research in Organizational Behavior, 10(1), 123-167.
Amabile, T. M. (2018). Creativity in context: Update to the Social Psychology of Creativity. Routledge.
Amabile, T. M., Conti, R., Coon, H., Lazenby, J., & Herron, M. (1996). Assessing the work environment for creativity. Academy of Management Journal, 39(5), 1154-1184.
Arneson, H., & Ekberg, K. (2006). Measuring empowerment in working life: a review. Work, 26(1), 37-46.
Aungsuroch, Y., Gunawan, J., & Fisher, M. L. (2021). Redesigning the nursing and human resource partnership: A model for the new normal era. Springer Nature.
Barney, J. B. (1986). Strategic factor markets: Expectations, luck, and business strategy. Management Science, 32(10), 1231-1241.
Bayraktar, C. A., Hancerliogullari, G., Cetinguc, B., & Calisir, F. (2017). Competitive strategies, innovation, and firm performance: an empirical study in a developing economy environment. Technology Analysis & Strategic Management, 29(1), 38-52.
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Berry, L.L. (1995). On great service. The Free Press, New York, NY
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Bowen, D. E., & Lawler III, E. E. (1992). Total quality-oriented human resources management. Organizational dynamics, 20(4), 29-41.
Bowen, D. E., & Lawler III, E. E. (1995). Empowering service employees. MIT Sloan Management Review, 36(4), 73.
Boyatzis, R. (1982). The competent manager: A model for effective performance, John Wiley & Sons, New York, NY.
Burcharth, A., Knudsen, M., & Søndergaard, H. (2017). The role of employee autonomy for open innovation performance. Business Process Management Journal, 23(6), 1245-1269.
Campion, M. A., Fink, A. A., Ruggeberg, B. J., Carr, L., Phillips, G. M., & Odman, R. B. (2011). Doing competencies well: Best practices in competency modeling. Personnel Psychology, 64(1), 225-262.
Campo, S., M. Díaz, A., & J. Yagüe, M. (2014). Hotel innovation and performance in times of crisis. International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, 26(8), 1292-1311.
Cardy, R. L., & Selvarajan, T. T. (2006). Competencies: Alternative frameworks for competitive advantage. Business Horizons, 49(3), 235-245.
Carlzon, J. (1987). Moments of truth. Harper and Row, New York.
Chang, S., Gong, Y., & Shum, C. (2011). Promoting innovation in hospitality companies through human resource management practices. International Journal of Hospitality Management, 30(4), 812-818.
Choi, S., Kim, K., Ullah, S., & Kang, S. (2016). How transformational leadership facilitates innovative behavior of Korean workers. Personnel Review, 45(3), 459-479.
Collins, D. (1994). The disempowering logic of empowerment. Empowerment in Organizations, 2(2), 14-21.
Cunningham, I., & Hyman, J. (1999). Devolving human resource responsibilities to the line: beginning of the end or a new beginning for personnel?. Personnel Review, 28(1/2), 9-27.
Dainty, A. R., Bryman, A., & Price, A. D. (2002). Empowerment within the UK construction sector. Leadership & Organization Development Journal, 23(6), 333-342.
De Jong, J. P., & Den Hartog, D. N. (2007). How leaders influence employees' innovative behaviour. European Journal of Innovation Management, 10(1), 41-64.
De Jong, J. P., & Den Hartog, D. N. (2008). Innovative work behavior: Measurement and validation. EIM Business and Policy Research, 8(1), 1-27.
De Spiegelaere, S., Van Gyes, G., De Witte, H., Niesen, W., & Van Hootegem, G. (2014). On the relation of job insecurity, job autonomy, innovative work behaviour and the mediating effect of work engagement. Creativity and Innovation Management, 23(3), 318-330.
Del Val, M. P., & Lloyd, B. (2003). Measuring empowerment. Leadership & Organization Development Journal, 24(2), 102-108.
Foster-Fishman, P. G., & Keys, C. B. (1997). The person/environment dynamics of employee empowerment: An organizational culture analysis. American Journal of Community Psychology, 25, 345-369.
Gong, Y., Huang, J. C., & Farh, J. L. (2009). Employee learning orientation, transformational leadership, and employee creativity: The mediating role of employee creative self-efficacy. Academy of Management Journal, 52(4), 765-778.
Hackman, J. R., & Lawler, E. E. (1971). Employee reactions to job characteristics. Journal of Applied Psychology, 55(3), 259.
Hackman, J. R., & Oldham, G. R. (1976). Motivation through the design of work: Test of a theory. Organizational Behavior and Human Performance, 16(2), 250-279.
Hakimian, F., Farid, H., Ismail, M. N., & Nair, P. K. (2016). Importance of commitment in encouraging employees’ innovative behavior. Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Administration, 8(1), 70–83.
Hammond, M. M., Neff, N. L., Farr, J. L., Schwall, A. R., & Zhao, X. (2011). Predictors of individual-level innovation at work: A meta-analysis. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts, 5(1), 90.
Houghton, J. D., & Yoho, S. K. (2005). Toward a contingency model of leadership and psychological empowerment: when should self-leadership be encouraged?. Journal of Leadership & Organizational Studies, 11(4), 65-83.
Jaiswal, D., & Dhar, R. L. (2016). Impact of perceived organizational support, psychological empowerment and leader member exchange on commitment and its subsequent impact on service quality. International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, 65(1), 58-79.
Jarrar, Y. F., & Zairi, M. (2002). Employee empowerment–a UK survey of trends and best practices. Managerial Auditing Journal, 17(5), 266-271.
Judge, W. Q., Fryxell, G. E., & Dooley, R. S. (2009). Management: Creating Goal-Directed Communities for. Knowledge and communities, 37.
Kebriaei, A., Rakhshaninejad, M., & Afshari, Z. (2015). Influence of psychological empowerment on organizational commitment among medical employees in a hospital setting. International Letters of Social and Humanistic Sciences, 61, 31-38.
Kim, B. P., Lee, G., & Carlson, K. D. (2010). An examination of the nature of the relationship between Leader-Member-Exchange (LMX) and turnover intent at different organizational levels. International Journal of Hospitality Management, 29(4), 591-597.
Kim, T. T., & Lee, G. (2013). Hospitality employee knowledge-sharing behaviors in the relationship between goal orientations and service innovative behavior. International Journal of Hospitality Management, 34, 324-337.
Langbein, L. I. (2000). Ownership, empowerment, and productivity: Some empirical evidence on the causes and consequences of employee discretion. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 19(3), 427-449.
Lawler, E. E. (1969). Effects of task factors on job attitudes and behavior: A symposium: III. Job design and employee motivation. Personnel Psychology, 22, 426-435
Lee, W. R., Choi, S. B., & Kang, S. W. (2021). How leaders’ positive feedback influences employees’ innovative behavior: The mediating role of voice behavior and job autonomy. Sustainability, 13(4), 1901.
Liu, Q., & Tong, Y. (2022). Employee growth mindset and innovative behavior: the roles of employee strengths use and strengths-based leadership. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, 814154.
Luoh, H. F., Tsaur, S. H., & Tang, Y. Y. (2014). Empowering employees: job standardization and innovative behavior. International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, 26(7), 1100-1117.
Mathieu, J. E., Gilson, L. L., & Ruddy, T. M. (2006). Empowerment and team effectiveness: An empirical test of an integrated model. Journal of Applied Psychology, 91(1), 97.
Miao, R., Cao, Y., & Yuan, Y. (2017). Linking ethical leadership to employee creativity: Knowledge sharing and self-efficacy as mediators. Social Behavior and Personality: An International Journal, 45(10), 1673-1686.
Mittal, S., & Dhar, R. L. (2015). Transformational leadership and employee creativity: mediating role of creative self-efficacy and moderating role of knowledge sharing. Management Decision, 53(5), 894-910.
Mullen, B., & Copper, C. (1994). The relation between group cohesiveness and performance: an integration. Psychological Bulletin, 115, 210–227.
O'Brien, J. L. (2011). Relationships among structural empowerment, psychological empowerment, and burnout in registered staff nurses working in outpatient dialysis centers. Nephrology Nursing Journal, 38(6).
Oldham, G. R., & Cummings, A. (1996). Employee creativity: Personal and contextual factors at work. Academy of Management Journal, 39(3), 607-634.
Oyer, M. E. (2011). Relationships among work empowerment, organizational trust, staff nurses' work satisfaction and organizational commitment.
Park, S., & Jo, S. J. (2018). The impact of proactivity, leader-member exchange, and climate for innovation on innovative behavior in the Korean government sector. Leadership & Organization Development Journal, 39(1), 130-149.
Ramamoorthy, N., Flood, P. C., Slattery, T., & Sardessai, R. (2005). Determinants of innovative work behaviour: Development and test of an integrated model. Creativity and Innovation Management, 14(2), 142-150.
Randolph, A., & Sashkin, M. (2002). Can organizational empowerment work in multinational settings?. Academy of Management Perspectives, 16(1), 102-115.
Randolph, W. A. (1995). Navigating the journey to empowerment. Organizational Dynamics, 23(4), 19-32.
Schlesinger, L. A., & Heskett, J. L. (1991). Breaking the cycle of failure in services. MIT Sloan Management Review, 32(3), 17.
Schroeder, D. M., & Robinson, A. G. (1991). America's most successful export to Japan: continuous improvement programs. MIT Sloan Management Review, 32(3), 67.
Scott, S. G., & Bruce, R. A. (1998). Following the leader in R&D: The joint effect of subordinate problem-solving style and leader-member relations on innovative behavior. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 45(1), 3-10.
Spreitzer, G. M. (2008). Taking stock: A review of more than twenty years of research on empowerment at work. Handbook of Organizational Behavior, 1, 54-72.
Theurer, C. P., Tumasjan, A., & Welpe, I. M. (2018). Contextual work design and employee innovative work behavior: When does autonomy matter?. PloS one, 13(10), e0204089.
Thomas, K. W., & Velthouse, B. A. (1990). Cognitive elements of empowerment: An “interpretive” model of intrinsic task motivation. Academy of Management Review, 15(4), 666-681.
Thurlings, M. C. G., Evers, A. T., & Vermeulen, M. (2015). What factors affect teacher innovative behavior: a literature review? In 16th Biennial EARLI Conference for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI 2015).
Ugwu, F. O., Onyishi, I. E., & Rodríguez-Sánchez, A. M. (2014). Linking organizational trust with employee engagement: The role of psychological empowerment. Personnel Review, 43(3), 377-400.
Waheed, A., Xiao-Ming, M., Ahmad, N., & Waheed, S. (2017, August). Impact of work engagement and innovative work behavior on organizational performance; moderating role of perceived distributive fairness. In 2017 International Conference on Management Science and Engineering (ICMSE) (pp. 127-133). IEEE.
Wang, A. C., & Cheng, B. S. (2010). When does benevolent leadership lead to creativity? The moderating role of creative role identity and job autonomy. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 31(1), 106-121.
Wen, Q., Wu, Y., & Long, J. (2021). Influence of ethical leadership on employees’ innovative behavior: The role of organization-based self-esteem and flexible human resource management. Sustainability, 13(3), 1359.
Wimalasiri, J. S., & Kouzmin, A. (2000). A comparative study of employee involvement initiatives in Hong Kong and the USA. International Journal of Manpower, 21(8), 614-634.
Yolanda, R. D., Hidayat, S., Hamidah. (2021). Human Resources Competency In Improving Employee Performance. Bina Bangsa International Journal of Business and Management (BB IJBM), 1(1): 51-59.
Yuan, F., & Woodman, R. W. (2010). Innovative behavior in the workplace: The role of performance and image outcome expectations. Academy of Management Journal, 53(2), 323-342.
Zhang, X., & Bartol, K. M. (2010). Linking empowering leadership and employee creativity: The influence of psychological empowerment, intrinsic motivation, and creative process engagement. Academy of Management Journal, 53(1), 107-128.
Zhou, J., & George, J. M. (2001). When job dissatisfaction leads to creativity: Encouraging the expression of voice. Academy of Management Journal, 44(4), 682-696.
Published
2023-11-22
How to Cite
KPEKPEDUKE, GABRIEL EGHAGHA, & ASIEGBU, IKECHUKWU F.,. (2023). ROLE OF EMPLOYEE COMPETENCE AND JOB AUTONOMY ON EMPLOYEE INNOVATIVE BEHAVIOR IN THE OIL AND GAS SECTOR IN DELTA STATE. International Journal on Economics, Finance and Sustainable Development, 5(11), 191-206. Retrieved from https://journals.researchparks.org/index.php/IJEFSD/article/view/4970
