The role of employee autonomy for open innovation performance

Ana Burcharth, Mette Præst Knudsen, Helle Alsted Søndergaard · 2017 · Business Process Management Journal

Summary. Employee autonomy is essential for firms to realize financial benefits from open innovation. The study of 307 companies shows that giving employees time, freedom, and independence fully mediates the relationship between openness and innovation sales. Both inbound and outbound open innovation practices require high flexibility and experimentation, which managers must enable through discretionary job design to achieve new product introduction and revenue growth.

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Burcharth, A., Knudsen, M. P., & Søndergaard, H. A.. (2017). The role of employee autonomy for open innovation performance. Business Process Management Journal. https://doi.org/10.1108/bpmj-10-2016-0209

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DOI: 10.1108/bpmj-10-2016-0209
Countries: Brazil, Denmark
Regions: South America, Europe
Categories: innovation-theory, innovation-networks, general-innovation
Added: 2026-04-28