ROLE OF EMPOWERMENT AND IDENTIFICATION WITH WORK TEAMS IN INNOVATION CLIMATE

ABSTRACT Several studies argue that an organizational climate oriented to promote innovation generates greater competitiveness in companies. However, very few researchers have explored the factors that lead to the formation of innovation climate and their effects on workers’ performance. Based on a sample of 201 workers from manufacturing and service companies, an analysis was carried out to examine the influence of variables like empowerment and Identification with work teams in innovation climate. Furthermore, the influence of innovation climate on job performance and work commitment was analyzed. The results indicate that there is a positive relationship among the variables of the hypotheses, empowerment and Identification with work teams influence in innovation climate, and the latter influences work performance and work commitment摘要 已有多项研究指出，以促进创新为导向的组织氛围可增强企业的核心竞争力。然而，目前鲜有研究者探讨驱动创新氛围形成的影响因素，以及该氛围对员工工作绩效的作用效果。本研究以制造及服务类企业的201名员工为研究样本，开展实证分析以检验授权赋能（empowerment）、团队认同感（identification with work teams）等变量对创新氛围的影响作用。此外，本研究亦分析了创新氛围对员工工作绩效（job performance）与工作承诺（work commitment）的影响路径。研究结果显示，本研究假设所涉及的各变量间均存在显著正向关联：授权赋能与团队认同感正向影响创新氛围的形成，而创新氛围亦能显著提升员工的工作绩效与工作承诺。