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Employee Empowerment and Motivation in Innovative Companies: A qualitative case study of practices driving successful innovation in three firms

Anisdahl, Agnete; Lerberg, Sanne Emilie Skaugen
Master thesis
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2020
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Abstract
In today's global business environment, innovation is a keystone for

organisational success. In this thesis, we have researched how organisational

commitment practices empower employees for innovation. Our study draws on

empowerment and motivation theories as our orienting frameworks, and explores

organisational case studies of three different companies. The organisations have

different innovation goals and methods that we illustrate as potential long-term

commitment practices that empower employees for innovation. Our findings

indicate three types of organisational commitment practices that empower

employees for innovation in contrasting ways: (1) empowerment through

employee training, (2) empowerment through commissioning employees’

agency and (3) empowerment through ways of communicating. These

organisations practise long-term commitment that empowers employees for

innovation through both direct and indirect investments, by providing training,

freedom to play and giving space for individuality, and through both consistent

and transparent communication. We have discovered that these long-term

commitment practices empower employees to be self-driven for innovation,

provided they are given the training, the resources and the support. These

powerful commitment practices illustrate that employees are a vital resource, and

by involving the ideas, energy, knowledge and creativity of all employees,

organisations can establish a foundation for more innovation.
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Masteroppgave(MSc) in Master of Science in Business, Leadership and Change - Handelshøyskolen BI, 2020
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