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Intellectual stimulation and team creative climate in a professional service firm
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Abstract The purpose of this paper is to investigate the precise role of intrinsic motivation and autonomy in relation to intellectual stimulation in creating a creative climate in a professional services firm. The intention is to discover whether theories that stress the primacy of the need for intrinsic mo... view more
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the precise role of intrinsic motivation and autonomy in relation to intellectual stimulation in creating a creative climate in a professional services firm. The intention is to discover whether theories that stress the primacy of the need for intrinsic motivation and autonomy over other managerial goals such as monitoring find support. The authors propose and test a model for the relationship of interest. The theoretical model is tested through analysis of multilevel data gathered across in two iterations over two years from 177 employees and 64 teams in one company. The authors find that intrinsic motivation and autonomy mediate the relationship between intellectual stimulation and creative climate. Autonomy exercises a stronger mediating effect than intrinsic motivation. The single company research context’s specificity; causal relationships between variables cannot be empirically investigated; the verified research model cannot claim to represent how the organization actually functions, for which qualitative work is required. Theories stressing the primacy of employee autonomy are supported over those stressing a need for management to monitor and control autonomy-seeking employees. This paper shows the vital mediating role of employee autonomy and to a lesser extent intrinsic motivation in a professional service firm context... view less
Keywords
occupational identification; intrinsic motivation; self-employment; creativity; motivation; enterprise; profession; labor
Classification
Occupational Research, Occupational Sociology
Free Keywords
Intrinsic motivation; Autonomy; Creative climate; Intellectual stimulation; Profesional service firm
Document language
English
Publication Year
2018
Page/Pages
p. 39-53
Journal
Evidence-based HRM, 6 (2018) 1
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1108/EBHRM-01-2017-0006
ISSN
2049-3983
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed