Abstract
High Performance Organization (HPO) characteristics indicate why an organization is able to achieve significantly better results than other organizations and these characteristics can facilitate associations to optimize employeesâ work outcomes. The independent professional (IP) is an increasingly occurring phenomenon in the labor market that fulfils an organizationsâ need for flexibility in knowledge productivity. This study focuses on the contribution of HPO characteristics to the knowledge productivity of IP's. It was conducted among managers and HRM professionals in various Dutch knowledge-intensive organizations that frequently enlist the services of IPs. This study found a number of HPO attributes that appeared to contribute to the IPs' knowledge productivity, namely the quality of management, an open and action-focused organizational culture, and continual improvement and innovation. We will use these results to look ahead and consider the future consequences for professional practice. Managers and HRM professionals should strive to contribute to the incorporation of these characteristics within the organization in order to safeguard and enhance knowledge productivity of independent professionals.
Highlights
The labor market certainly is not what it used to be
Her study suggests that temporary knowledge workers attach great value to operational collaboration and positive relationships with colleagues and external contacts - even though the traditional themes of social exchange, organizational identification, and impressing the management do not play a prominent role in their temporary work
We explored the following question: ‘Which organizational characteristics, according to the High Performance Organization (HPO) Framework (De Waal, 2010), contribute to the knowledge productivity of independent professional (IP) according to the IWPQ (Koopmans, 2012)?’ This question was investigated through the 5 following hypotheses: Hypothesis 1: The quality of management contributes positively to the knowledge productivity of IPs
Summary
The labor market certainly is not what it used to be. The economic crisis in recent years has accelerated a number of developments. Studies about the changes in the labor market were already published 20 years ago, predicting that one day in the future ‘free agents’ (Pink, 2001) would emerge. These free agents -- who referred as independent consultants, self-employed, and freelancers -- represent the rise of knowledge workers. The study was designed to gain insight into the relationship between the characteristics of High Performance Organizations (HPO) (De Waal, 2010) and the knowledge productivity of the IPs in Dutch knowledge-intensive organizations It was a quantitative study, conducted among managers and HRM professionals in IP-hiring Dutch companies. The results are intended for managers and HRM professionals of organizations, to help them safeguard and enhance the effective deployment of IPs
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