Exploring success conditions for innovative performance through Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA): does job autonomy matter?

Florence Nande (), Marie-Laure Weber () and Stéphanie Bouchet ()
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Florence Nande: University of Montpellier, Montpellier Research in Management
Marie-Laure Weber: University of Montpellier, Montpellier Research in Management
Stéphanie Bouchet: University of Montpellier, Montpellier Research in Management

Public Organization Review, 2022, vol. 22, issue 4, No 21, 1257-1277

Abstract: Abstract In recent years, innovation has become a major concern for public sector organizations. In higher education institutions, new public management (NPM) is increasing the expectations of individual output, results and efficiency. This requires academic staff to be increasingly innovative in research and teaching. Based on an enabling work environment (an activity analysis approach), this article examines the relationship between professional autonomy and innovative performance. A qualitative study was conducted among French universities, and a qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) was conducted to explore the resource configurations leading to innovative performance. More specifically, we show how professional autonomy combined with various resources (individual, social and organizational) can lead to innovative performance.

Keywords: “innovative performance; “Constructive ergonomics; “Enabling environment; “Autonomy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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