The influence of task challenge on skill utilization, affective wellbeing and intrapreneurial behaviour

Paul TY Preenen, Luc Dorenbosch, Edo Plantinga and Steven Dhondt
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Paul TY Preenen: Research Department, Dutch Tax and Customs Administration, the Netherlands
Luc Dorenbosch: De baaningenieurs, the Netherlands
Edo Plantinga: Deell.eu, the Netherlands
Steven Dhondt: KU Leuven, Belgium; TNO, Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research, the Netherlands

Economic and Industrial Democracy, 2019, vol. 40, issue 4, 954-975

Abstract: This study examines and theorizes the effects of task challenge on skill utilization, affective wellbeing and intrapreneurial behaviour among civil servants through a real-life challenging assignment, which was part of a unique Dutch and Flemish bottom-up organized event called ‘Train Your Colleague’. Results of a short-term longitudinal study indicate that, as expected, task challenge is positively related to skill utilization and intrapreneurial behaviour but, unexpectedly, not to affective wellbeing. These results suggest that challenging assignments may be important tools to enhance employees’ skill utilization and intrapreneurial behaviour at the workplace. Implications for theory and practice are discussed.

Keywords: Challenging assignments; intrapreneurial behaviour; job challenge; skill utilization; task challenge (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1177/0143831X16677367

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