Human Performance in Manufacturing Tasks: Optimization and Assessment of required Workload and Capabilities

Leva, Maria Chiara; Comberti, Lorenzo; Demichela, Micaela; Caimo, Alberto

doi:10.3850/978-981-11-2724-3_0688-cd

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“…This result is because the lower the task complexity, the clearer the task requirements are, resulting in more predictable results and a more standardized operational process [76]. Individuals only need to take simple and conventional work steps or methods to finish the innovation tasks well [78], which is conducive to leaders with power distance orientation creating unified instructions and gathering organizational resources to promote innovative idea implementation. However, task characteristics do not play a moderating role between power distance and innovative idea generation.…”

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“…Low task complexity means that all task results are predictable. Individuals need only to implement simple and regular work methods to complete tasks, without extra effort [78]. With such task characteristics, it is more conducive for individuals with high power distance orientation to directly accept the leaders' decisions, without taking their own initiative, as long as they communicate and operate according to the formal rules and processes, to strengthen the relationship between power distance and innovative idea implementation.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Does Power Distance Necessarily Hinder Individual Innovation? A Moderated-Mediation Model

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Individual innovation behavior is the driving force for enterprise sustainable development and can be affected by many factors, among which power distance is important. To explore the mediating mechanism and boundary conditions of power distance on individual innovation behavior, this paper constructed a moderated mediation model with task characteristics as the moderator and voice behavior as the mediator from the two-dimensional perspective of individual innovation behavior (innovative idea generation and implementation). Responses to 336 valid questionnaires from 133 technological innovation enterprises in China revealed that power distance has a negative effect on innovative idea generation, but a positive effect on innovative idea implementation. In this process, task characteristics only play a moderating effect in the relationship between power distance and innovative idea implementation, but fail to moderate the relationship between power distance and innovative idea generation. In addition, it was found that voice behavior mediates the relationship between power distance and individual innovation behavior. This study provides useful insight on the mechanism of organizational culture on individual innovation behavior, and suggests leaders take effective measures to improve the enterprise sustainable development ability.

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Section: Task Characteristics As Moderatormentioning

confidence: 99%