Title
The influence of task challenge on skill utilization, affective wellbeing and intrapreneurial behaviour
Author
Preenen, P.T.Y.
Dorenbosch, L.
Plantinga, E.
Dhondt, S.
Publication year
2019
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.
Subject
Life
SP - Sustainable Productivity and Employability
ELSS - Earth, Life and Social Sciences
Work and Employment
Healthy Living
Challenging assignments
Intrapreneurial behaviour
Job challenge
Skill utilization
Task challenge
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1177/0143831x16677367
TNO identifier
575958
Source
Economic and Industrial Democracy, 40 (4), 954-975
Document type
article