Unpacking the Link Between Intrinsic Motivational Orientation and Innovative Performance: A Social Network Perspective

Gianluca Carnabuci (), Vojkan Nedkovski and Marco Guerci
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Gianluca Carnabuci: ESMT Berlin
Vojkan Nedkovski: Università Degli Studi Di Milano
Marco Guerci: Università Degli Studi Di Milano

A chapter in Understanding Workplace Relationships, 2023, pp 25-65 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Existing research has found a positive relationship between intrinsic motivational orientation and employee innovative performance. Whereas prior studies have emphasized psychological explanations for this relationship, we draw from social network theory and posit an indirect, network-structural mechanism. We hypothesize that employees with an intrinsic motivational orientation tend to become more central within the organization’s informal advice network, which in turn aids their innovative performance. We test and find support for this argument in two distinct organizations which, while similar in terms of size and geographical location, vary markedly in terms of organizational culture, structure, and task environment. By demonstrating the mediating role of advice network centrality, our findings provide novel insight into how intrinsic motivation leads to employee innovative performance and create a fruitful integration between motivation and network theories.

Keywords: Employees’ innovative performance; Intrinsic motivational orientation; Social networks; Centrality; Mediation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-16640-2_2

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