A Research Agenda for Workplace Innovation

Edited by Peter R.A. Oeij, TNO, the Netherlands, Steven Dhondt, TNO, the Netherlands and KU Leuven, Belgium and Adela J. McMurray, Flinders University, Australia

Contents:

Foreword xix
1 An Introduction to the Research Agenda for
Workplace Innovation 1
Steven Dhondt, Adela J. McMurray and Peter R.A. Oeij

PART I TECHNOLOGY AND ORGANISATION: NEW
TECHNOLOGY AS A DRIVER FOR CHANGE
IN THE ORGANISATION, FOR ITS WORK
PROCESSES AND THE WORK OF EMPLOYEES
2 Workplace innovation at the digital frontier 15
Steven Dhondt, Peter R.A. Oeij and Gerben Hulsegge
3 Analysing production disturbances for aligning
work organisation, human resource management,
and digital transformation 35
Ezra Dessers, Monique Ramioul, Yennef
Vereycken, Michiel Bal, Ine Smits and Geert Van Hootegem
4 Augmented telework with avatar technology:
impact on workplace and required actions 51
Kentaro Watanabe
5 The impact of technology on work: enabling
workplace innovation by technological and
organisational choice 67
Peter R.A. Oeij, Gerben Hulsegge and Wouter van der Torre
6 Workplace innovation in the digital era: a role for
SMART work design 91
Sharon Kaye Parker and Alexandra A. Boeing
7 How can the Korean workplace become
conducive to workplace innovation? Learning
from a case study of a manufacturing firm 113
Se Ri No and Kyetaik Oh
8 Examining workplace innovation as a driver for
innovation in the public sector: evidence from Australia 129
Mahmoud Moussa and Adela McMurray

PART II INDIVIDUAL BEHAVIOUR CONTRIBUTING
TO PERFORMANCE GOALS: WORKPLACE
ENGAGEMENT TO IMPROVE THE BUSINESS
AND THE QUALITY OF WORK
9 The determination of a psychological workplace
innovation construct 147
Adela J. McMurray and Don Scott
10 Job crafting and work engagement among remote
workers in Italy: Lessons for workplace innovation 167
Arianna Costantini and Serena Rubini
11 Ethical leadership as workplace innovation and
enabler for employee commitment and innovative
work behaviours in Vietnam 183
Michael K. Muchiri, Hiep Cong Pham, Mathews
Nkhoma and Adela J. McMurray

PART III CONVERGENCE, POLICY ABOUT
WORKPLACE INNOVATION, AND THE
AGENDA FOR THE FUTURE
12 A converging or diverging research field? 201
Peter R.A. Oeij, Steven Dhondt and Adela J. McMurray
13 Towards research-based policy and practice of
workplace innovation in Europe 255
Frank D. Pot, Tuomo Alasoini, Peter Totterdill and
Claudio Zettel
14 Developing a scientific and policy research
agenda for workplace innovation: an invitation for
conversation and collaboration 273
Peter R.A. Oeij, Steven Dhondt and Adela J.
McMurray

Index