근로자들의 고용안정성에 대한 인식과 혁신활동 간의 관계: 조직정체성의 매개효과

초록

The purpose of this study is to examine whether and how innovative activities are influenced by job security. To verify the research hypothesis at the individual level we collected the 612 survey data from 1,000 employees who worked for small-sized manufacturing companies. According to the research, job security facilitates innovative activities. And this research finds that positional stability and situational control power lead employees to activity participate in innovation activities through organizational identity. This research result is opposite to common sense that job security demotes innovative activities. This research presents a practical implication to Korea when it suffers from high employment instability and stagnant innovation at the same time. This study suggest that companies and employees improve positional stability and situational control power in order to enhance innovation. This will sustain their win-win solution. Moreover, this research may contribute to expand the aspect of advance academic research on job security while there exist little research on the effects of job security can contribute to innovation activities. Also, this research presents that job security is not a notion but the alternative by using of the positional stability and situational control power. Finally, The limitation of this research is discussed.

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