Leader Talk and the Creative Spark

2017 ◽  
Vol 54 (2) ◽  
pp. 210-225 ◽  
Author(s):  
Milton Mayfield ◽  
Jacqueline Mayfield
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Language Use ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Organizational Level ◽  
Daily Routines ◽  
Garden Variety ◽  
Motivating Language ◽  
New Business ◽  
Worker Perceptions ◽  
Creative Environment

Garden variety creativity has a vital but often overlooked role in business. Garden variety creativity happens whenever someone develops a new way of dealing with a workplace issue. It contrasts with institutional creativity—actions meant to develop radical new business methods and products at an organizational level. Institutional creativity advances a business’ place in an industry. Garden variety creativity makes daily routines more efficient and fulfills employees’ need for expression in the workplace. This article examines how leader communication—as captured by the motivating language framework—influences employee’s perceptions of the creative environment. Structural equation model analysis found a strong, significant, and positive relationship between leader motivating language use and worker perceptions of their creative environment. Motivating language use explained 55% of the variance in creative environment perceptions in a sample of over 140 workers drawn from diverse organizations. Findings also showed a 7% increase in creative environment perceptions for every 10% increase in motivating language use.

Impact of regulatory focus on security technostress and organizational outcomes: the moderating effect of security technostress inhibitors

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Inho Hwang ◽  
Sanghyun Kim ◽  
Carl Rebman
Keyword(s):  
Regulatory Focus ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Organizational Outcomes ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Organizational Level ◽  
Moderating Effects ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Individual Personality

PurposeOrganizations invest in information security (IS) technology to be more competitive; however, implementing IS measures creates environmental conditions, such as overload uncertainty, and complexity, which can cause employees technostress, eventually resulting in poor security performance. This study seeks to contribute to the intersection of research on regulatory focus (promotion and prevention) as a type of individual personality traits, technostress, and IS.Design/methodology/approachA survey questionnaire was developed, collecting 346 responses from various organizations, which were analyzed using the structural equation model approach with AMOS 22.0 to test the proposed hypotheses.FindingsThe results indicate support for both the direct and moderating effects of security technostress inhibitors. Moreover, a negative relationship exists between promotion-focused employees and facilitators of security technostress, which negatively affects strains (organizational commitment and compliance intention).Practical implicationsOrganizations should develop various programs and establish a highly IS-aware environment to strengthen employees' behavior regarding IS. Furthermore, organizations should consider employees' focus types when engaging in efforts to minimize security technostress, as lowering technostress results in positive outcomes.Originality/valueIS management at the organizational level is directly related to employees' compliance with security rather than being a technical issue. Using the transaction theory perspective, this study seeks to enhance current research on employees' behavior, particularly focusing on the effect of individuals' personality types on IS. Moreover, this study theorizes the role of security technostress inhibitors for understanding employees' IS behaviors.

scholarly journals The Benefits of Leader Communication On Part-Time Worker Outcomes: A Comparison Between Part-Time and Full-Time Employees Using Motivating Language

1970 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 131-154
Author(s):  
Jacqueline Mayfield
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Management Interventions ◽  
Worker Performance ◽  
Motivating Language ◽  
Part Time ◽  
Leader Communication ◽  
Positive Effect

This study presents findings on the differential effects that leader communicationhas on worker performance and job satisfaction for part-time and full-timeworkers. For both part- and full-time employees, structural equation model resultsindicate that leader communication, as measured through motivating language(ML) use, has the same significant and positive effect on job satisfaction. However,in the case of performance, leader ML use only has a significant relationshipwith the output of full-time workers. These results indicate a boundary conditionto the effectiveness of leader communication, and suggest practical implicationsfor management interventions with today's workforce.

scholarly journals The effects of tightness-looseness in organizational culture on corporate entrepreneurship and firm performance: A regional study in Turkey

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 3866
Author(s):  
Ferda Üstün ◽  
Kemal Can Kılıç
Keyword(s):  
Firm Performance ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Goodness Of Fit ◽  
Corporate Entrepreneurship ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Organizational Level ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Cultural Dimension ◽  
Regional Study ◽  
Industrial Enterprises

In this study, the tightness-looseness dimension, suggested as a cultural dimension of community was examined at organizational level. Introducing the tightness-looseness dimension to the literature, and identifying the effects of the dimension on corporate entrepreneurship activities and firm performance, which poses great importance for organizations, were the main purposes of the study. In the study, the correlations between dependent and independent variables were examined through the hypotheses suggested, and the consistency level of the model was analyzed through the structural equation modeling. It was concluded from the study that there was a significant positive correlation between the tightness-looseness level and corporate entrepreneurship and firm performance. Coefficients of corporate entrepreneurship, proactivity, innovational orientation, and coefficients of firm performance, and coefficients concerning the profit, growth, and customer satisfaction seem to be statistically significant. Accordingly, the higher (or lower) the level of looseness is, the higher (or lower) the level of corporate entrepreneurship and firm performance will be. The validity of the model on the target sample has been discussed considering the compliance indices of the model proposed in the study on Turkey's leading industrial enterprises. As the results of the analysis of the constructed structural equation model gave the values of good and acceptance level goodness of fit (RMSEA <0.05, GFI and CFI> 0.95 and AGFI> 0.90), the model was found to be acceptable.

scholarly journals What Role does Corporate Governance Play in the Intention to Use Cloud Computing Technology?

Symmetry ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. 1253
Author(s):  
Palos-Sanchez ◽  
Robina-Ramirez ◽  
Velicia-Martin
Keyword(s):  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Business Model ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Structural Model ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Computing Technology ◽  
New Business ◽  
Corporate Support ◽  
The Impact

This paper aims to investigate the factors which promote the adoption of cloud-based technology. It strives for a better understanding of the impact of corporate governance on the adoption of this technology. This study concentrated on executives in companies where the use of cloud computing may give a competitive advantage. The main contribution of this work is to propose a model for the influence of corporate governance and other factors that determine the adoption of this technology. A questionnaire was prepared after taking into consideration the reviewed literature. The sample consisted of 164 technology companies from Southern Spain that already use the new economic models for digital solutions. The methodology used to analyze the structural model was the Structural Equation Model (SEM). The results of the survey showed the influence of Corporate Governance and the procedures and practices of the organization on the adoption of cloud computing and the associated business model. This study aims to point out the importance of corporate support and Knowledge Management for the correct and successful adoption of this technology and to show the effects on the new business model of billing for the use of available resources.

scholarly journals Information Technology as a Strategic Resource in Encouraging Organizational Change Readiness through the Role of the Human Capital Effectiveness

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 242-254
Author(s):  
Iwan Hermawan ◽  
Suharnomo Suharnomo
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Human Capital ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Readiness To Change ◽  
Research Direction ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Organizational Level ◽  
Technology Capability ◽  
Information Technology Capability

The application of technology will have a direct strategic impact on the organization. Information technology in the context of infrastructure refers to applications used to create, process, store, and disseminate knowledge to organizations. The capability of information technology will encourage the effectiveness of organizations in creating a competitive advantage. The research direction is to uncover the influence of Information Technology Capability (ITC) on Readiness to Change (RTC) of organizations mediated by the existence of the role of Leadership and Human Capital Effectiveness (HCE). These two big concepts are offered to bridge the research gap. The research sample was 166 design-based fashion manufacture industry in Central Java at the organizational level, consist of 49 males and 117 females respectively. Testing through the Structural Equation Model shows that Information Technology Capability (ITC) has an indirect influence on Readiness to Change (RTC) through Human Capital Effectiveness (HCE) which is greater than through Leadership and HCE.

scholarly journals Perceived Sexual Harassment at Work: Meta-Analysis and Structural Model of Antecedents and Consequences

2008 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 207-218 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriela Topa Cantisano ◽  
J. F. Morales Domínguez ◽  
Marco Depolo
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Harassment ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Structural Model ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Organizational Level ◽  
Extensive Literature ◽  
The Matrix ◽  
Antecedents And Consequences

Although sexual harassment has been extensively studied, empirical research has not led to firm conclusions about its antecedents and consequences, both at the personal and organizational level. An extensive literature search yielded 42 empirical studies with 60 samples. The matrix correlation obtained through meta-analytic techniques was used totest a structural equation model. Results supported the hypotheses regarding organizational environmental factors as main predictors of harassment.

Innovation matters: creative environment, absenteeism, and job satisfaction

2020 ◽  
Vol 33 (5) ◽  
pp. 715-735
Author(s):  
Milton Mayfield ◽  
Jacqueline Mayfield ◽  
Kathy Qing Ma
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Standard Deviation ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Work Outcomes ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Standard Deviation Increase ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Garden Variety ◽  
Creative Environment

PurposeWhile there has been an abundance of research on the positive outcomes of creative environment, little work has been done on how creative environment influences the general work outcomes of noncreative specialist workers. The paper aims to fill this void by examining the influence of creative environment on absenteeism among garden variety workers and the mediating role of job satisfaction.Design/methodology/approachThe paper uses cross-sectional data of 116 noncreative specialist workers to empirically test the hypotheses. The authors used covariance-based structural equation modeling (SEM) through the lavaan package for the statistical software R.FindingsResults found that, for a cross section of noncreative specialist workers, a one standard deviation increase in a worker's creative environment would decrease that worker's absenteeism by 0.447 standard deviation. The creative environment also explained 11.3% of the variance in absenteeism. Subsequent analysis showed that job satisfaction fully mediated the relationship between the creative environment and absenteeism and that the results were resistant to omitted variable bias.Originality/valueThe study contributes to theory and practice by showing empirically that creative environment leads to positive work outcomes, despite the innovation level required by the job. This study advances research on creative environment by targeting the garden variety workers, underscores the importance of cultivating a creative environment and calls attention to the complexity of the creativity–job affect link.

scholarly journals ANALISIS PEMBELAJARAN KEWIRAUSAHAAN PADA MAHASISWA D3 PERBANKAN SYARIAH DALAM MEMBANGUN ENTREPRENEURIAL INTENTIONSEBAGAI PENCAPAIAN THE YOUNG ENTREPRENEUR

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 42-65
Author(s):  
Mufti Fiandi
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Positive Affect ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Entrepreneurial Intention ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Entrepreneurial Intentions ◽  
Gradual Process ◽  
New Business ◽  
Global Economic Growth

Entrepreneurship is believed to be an important force in global economic growth that creates new business and economic growth, and as one solution to the problem of unemployment. While entrepreneurship learning is an important component of business education has been shown to provide stimulus for individual in making or considering entrepreneurship as a career choice that enhances the creation of new businesses and economic growth. Entrepreneurship learning in higher education should ideally be implemented in the long term, through a gradual process of learning and development. This study aims to see how the influence of entrepreneurial learning in building  entrepreneurial intentions to be the young entrepreneur. The study was conducted with a sample of 100 respondents from Faculty of Economics and Islamic Business majoring Diploma 3 sharia banking students at UIN Raden Fatah.  The survey was conducted with questioner during May – July 2017.  Data were processed using Structural Equation Model (SEM).  The result showed that entrepreneurship learning positive affect the entrepreneurial intention.  Entrepreneurship learning has positive influence on the young entrepreneur.  There is a greater direct influence of entrepreneurship learning to the young entrepreneur than indirect effect through entrepreneurial intention.  Entrepreneurial intention positive affect the young entrepreneur.

scholarly journals KEPUTUSAN WANITA MUSLIM MILENIAL BERWIRAUSAHA: PENGARUH KONSEP DIRI DAN LINGKUNGAN

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-36
Author(s):  
Kharis Fadlullah Hana
Keyword(s):  
Standard Error ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Muslim Women ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Analysis Technique ◽  
New Business ◽  
Endogenous Variables ◽  
Sample Technique ◽  
Research Analysis

Technological progress in the 4.0 era was followed by an increase in the Indonesian economy in the field of entrepreneurship. This makes a lot of new business opportunities that are dominated by women. Moreover, there are suggestions from scholars that Muslim women must be able to meet their own needs so that they are not regarded as weak creatures that depend on men. Based on that, the purpose of this study was to determine the effect of self-concept and the environment on their interests and influence on millennial Muslim women's entrepreneurial decisions. This research uses a quantitative method with a post positivism approach. This research analysis technique uses the Structural Equation Model with WarpPLS 6.0 application. The concept of self and environment as exogenous variables, entrepreneurial interests and decisions as endogenous variables. Data were taken using a purposive random sample technique of 210 people. The data population is millennial Muslim women in the Pati Residency area. The results obtained that the variable self-concept has an influence on interest and entrepreneurial decisions of 0.211 with a probability 0.001 and a standard error of 0.047. Environmental variables affect the interest and entrepreneurial decisions of 0.131 with a probability of 0.003 and a standard error of 0.048. This means that the self-concept variable has a greater influence than the millennial Muslim women's environment.

Speaking to the Self: How Motivating Language Links With Self-Leadership

2017 ◽  
Vol 58 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacqueline Mayfield ◽  
Milton Mayfield ◽  
Christopher P. Neck
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Job Performance ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Organizational Context ◽  
Intent To Stay ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Behavioral Strategies ◽  
Employee Job Satisfaction ◽  
Motivating Language ◽  
Natural Rewards

This study investigates the relationships between the external influence of leader motivating language (ML), each of the major dimensions of self-leadership (SL)—behavioral strategies, constructive thoughts strategies, and natural rewards strategies—and their respective links with the outcomes of employee job satisfaction, performance, and intent-to-stay, using a partial least squares structural equation model. In addition, we look at the direct relationships between ML and SL with the same outcomes in separate analyses. Based on a large, diverse sample, results suggest that ML in conjunction with SL has strong, positive relationships with employee job satisfaction, performance, and intent-to-stay. Furthermore, a partially mediated model of ML affecting SL shows positive links with all three aspects of SL and the outcome variables of performance, job satisfaction, and intent-to-stay. For the SL dimensions, behavioral strategies were positively and significantly linked with job satisfaction; natural rewards strategies were positively and significantly related to job satisfaction, intent-to-stay, and job performance; and constructive thoughts strategies were significantly and positively associated with job satisfaction and intent-to-stay. These findings validate previous research and uncover new knowledge about ML and SL in organizational context.

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