Vocational Education Teachers' Personal Network at School as a Resource for Innovative Work Behaviour

Autor/inn/en	Messmann, Gerhard; Mulder, Regina H.; Palonen, Tuire
Titel	Vocational Education Teachers' Personal Network at School as a Resource for Innovative Work Behaviour
Quelle	In: Journal of Workplace Learning, 30 (2018) 3, S.174-185 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1366-5626
DOI	10.1108/JWL-08-2017-0069
Schlagwörter	Vocational Education Teachers; Social Networks; Educational Innovation; Social Capital; Teacher Behavior; Work Ethic; Workplace Literacy; Correlation; College Faculty; Educational Resources; Foreign Countries; Surveys; Statistical Analysis; Germany + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausbilder; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Instructional innovation; Bildungsinnovation; Sozialkapital; Teacher behaviour; Lehrerverhalten; Arbeitsethos; Korrelation; Fakultät; Bildungsmittel; Ausland; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Statistische Analyse; Deutschland
Abstract	Purpose: This paper aims to investigate the role of characteristics of vocational education teachers' personal network at the workplace for determining the resources that enable them to cope with innovation-related demands at work. Design/methodology/approach: A survey study with 48 vocational education teachers is carried out. Social network analysis, correlation analysis, and a comparative descriptive analysis of cluster profiles of teachers' personal network at the workplace are carried out. Findings: This study provides evidence for the role of network size as a facilitator of innovative work behaviour (IWB) outside the classroom. However, smaller networks can also support the development of innovations if they contain dense interactions with experienced, innovative professionals. Research limitations/implications: This study implies to further investigate the role of network size in relation to the kind of network interactions (e.g. density of interactions and experience of members) in the context of larger and versatile work contexts. Practical implications: This study implies that organisations should provide structures, tasks and events (e.g. interdisciplinary work teams and boundary crossing events) that enable employees to build network connections that help them to manage work-related demands. Employees themselves should reflect on their personal interaction preferences, their specific needs for support and the availability of co-workers who can provide this support. Originality/value: This study contributes to the discourse on the relationship between professional networks and the development of innovations. Especially, the social work context and its role for IWB have hardly been investigated from a network perspective. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01