What Comes Before Innovation Kicks in: Contemporary Evidence and Future Directions of Innovative Work Behaviour of Individuals — A Conceptual Literature Review

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 52-62
Author(s):  
Stephanie Wissmann ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Path Model ◽  
Work Behavior ◽  
Journal Articles ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Innovative Work Behavior ◽  
Measurement Models ◽  
Innovative Work ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Corporate Social

The importance of innovation is widely considered to be of peak importance for today´s enterprises. However, the understanding of one key element leading towards innovation seems to be neglected in scientific research: The innovative work behavior of individuals. Since Scott and Bruce investigated the determinants and introduced a path model of individual innovative work behavior twenty years ago (Scott and Bruce, 1994) much time has passed. New and upcoming trends in management, society and culture therefor could not be considered but influence the concept. This conceptual literature review therefor identifies, evaluates, aggregates and classifies the developments and trends from 2020 and 2021 regarding innovative work behavior. This study analyzed 41 journal articles, which further cited 3,609 publications as references, in EBSCO and Elsevier. The focus of the literature review was studies published in 2020 and 2021 and analyses that covered the topic of individual innovative behavior. The defined research objectives were framed by setting conceptual boundaries. Data was collected by using inclusion/exclusion criteria to then validate and manually review the research results. The results of this review suggest that firstly there is a change visible of the definition of the term itself, which has also influenced the scales being used to be reviewed or shifting. In addition the review shows how changes in working and managing enterprises effect innovative work behavior. They can be grouped into the three areas: role and impact of culture, societal trends and new management trends. Thus the effects of mindfulness, transformational leadership, usage of social media, or corporate social responsibility on innovative work behavior are better understood. This conceptual literature research connects and aggregates the various tendencies and supports new measurement models introduced which might help to identify possible causes of these discrepancies and provide direction for further research. Thereby this conceptual literature review thus sheds light on what otherwise seems to be a familiar concept.

Innovative Work Behavior in the Energy Sector by Fuzzy VIKOR Method

2021 ◽  
pp. 50-70
Author(s):  
Hasan Dinçer ◽  
Thomas Burkhardt
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Energy Sector ◽  
Work Behavior ◽  
Energy Industry ◽  
Vikor Method ◽  
Innovative Work Behavior ◽  
Fuzzy Vikor ◽  
Innovative Work ◽  
Energy Companies ◽  
Performance Ranking

The aim of this study is to analyze the innovative working behavior of the energy industry. Within this framework, 10 different energy companies in Turkey were included in the scope of the review. As a result of the literature review, five different criteria that could affect the performance of innovative working behavior of the energy companies were determined. The fuzzy VIKOR method has been taken into account in the performance ranking process of these companies. According to the results obtained, both private and foreign energy companies were in the first two and last two. The findings show that no company type has superiority over others in terms of innovative working behavior. Hence, it is important that the energy companies, which are in the last place, develop themselves by taking into account the criteria mentioned in this study.

Following the Ants

2017 ◽  
Vol 33 (6) ◽  
pp. 409-421 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne B. Janssen ◽  
Martin Schultze ◽  
Adrian Grötsch
Keyword(s):  
Short Form ◽  
Supervisor Support ◽  
Proactive Personality ◽  
Work Behavior ◽  
Model Fit ◽  
Item Selection ◽  
Short Version ◽  
Innovative Work Behavior ◽  
Innovative Work ◽  
Two Measures

Abstract. Employees’ innovative work is a facet of proactive work behavior that is of increasing interest to industrial and organizational psychologists. As proactive personality and supervisor support are key predictors of innovative work behavior, reliable, and valid employee ratings of these two constructs are crucial for organizations’ planning of personnel development measures. However, the time for assessments is often limited. The present study therefore aimed at constructing reliable short scales of two measures of proactive personality and supervisor support. For this purpose, we compared an innovative approach of item selection, namely Ant Colony Optimization (ACO; Leite, Huang, & Marcoulides, 2008 ) and classical item selection procedures. For proactive personality, the two item selection approaches provided similar results. Both five-item short forms showed a satisfactory reliability and a small, however negligible loss of criterion validity. For a two-dimensional supervisor support scale, ACO found a reliable and valid short form. Psychometric properties of the short version were in accordance with those of the parent form. A manual supervisor support short form revealed a rather poor model fit and a serious loss of validity. We discuss benefits and shortcomings of ACO compared to classical item selection approaches and recommendations for the application of ACO.

How to Promote Innovative Work Behavior among Academics

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (03) ◽  
pp. 569-583
Author(s):  
Salbeha Ibus ◽  
Eta Wahab ◽  
Fadillah Ismail
Keyword(s):  
Work Behavior ◽  
Innovative Work Behavior ◽  
Innovative Work

scholarly journals The Nexus between Team Culture, Innovative Work Behaviour and Tacit Knowledge Sharing: Theory and Evidence

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. 4333
Author(s):  
Cem Işık ◽  
Ekrem Aydın ◽  
Tarik Dogru ◽  
Abdul Rehman ◽  
Rafael Alvarado ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Tacit Knowledge ◽  
Work Behavior ◽  
Frontline Employees ◽  
Innovative Work Behavior ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Team Culture ◽  
Tacit Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Innovative Work ◽  
The Relationship

Tacit knowledge sharing is an essential intellectual capital for frontline employees in hotel enterprises. While the relationship of knowledge sharing with team culture (TC) and innovative work behavior (IWB) was investigated in the extant literature, little is known about the extent to which tacit knowledge sharing affects TC and IWB. In this regard, the purpose of this study is to investigate the role of tacit knowledge sharing in the relationship between TC and IWB. For this purpose, data were gathered from 360 department managers of Turkish 4–5 star hotels. The results were analyzed utilizing Smart PLS 3 using bootstrapping to determine the level of significance of the relationships between tacit knowledge sharing, TC and IWB. The results show statistically significant relationships between tacit knowledge sharing, TC and IWB. Moreover, tacit knowledge sharing has a mediating role in the relationship between team culture and innovative work behavior.

scholarly journals Examining the External Antecedents of Innovative Work Behavior: The Role of Government Support for Talent Policy

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 1213
Author(s):  
Zaisheng Zhang ◽  
Meng Liu ◽  
Qing Yang
Keyword(s):  
Behavioral Control ◽  
Resource Dependence Theory ◽  
Government Support ◽  
Work Behavior ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Perceived Behavioral Control ◽  
Innovative Work Behavior ◽  
Innovative Work ◽  
The Relationship

The innovative work behavior (IWB) or creativity of employees is regarded as the key to the sustainable innovation performance of an organization. In the field of human resource management (HRM), the relationship between an organization’s high-performance work system (HPWS) and IWB has been studied extensively. However, the current understanding of organizational external antecedents is limited. Our paper focuses on an extra-organizational government support factor, government support for talent policy (GSTP). Similar to HRM policies within an organization, GSTP also has an ability–motivation–opportunity framework that may influence the IWB of employees. We integrate the resource dependence theory, institutional theory, and theory of planned behavior (TPB) to propose a theoretical model of the mechanism of GSTP influence on IWB. Using a structural equation modeling approach, we empirically verify the hypotheses in a survey dataset of HRM practitioners in 152 technology-based enterprises in China. The results indicate that the external antecedent, GSTP, positively influences the innovative attitude, subjective norm, and perceived behavioral control of HRM practitioners in the organization. Innovative attitude and perceived behavioral control completely mediated the relationship between GSTP and innovative intention. Moreover, there is a distal indirect effect between GSTP and IWB. The paper contributes to filling a gap in the innovation policy literature. In practice, both HPWS and individual employees should be concerned about the possible role of GSTP.

scholarly journals Innovative Work Behavior—A Key Factor in Business Performance? The Role of Team Cognitive Diversity and Teamwork Climate in This Relationship

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 185
Author(s):  
Nadežda Jankelová ◽  
Zuzana Joniaková ◽  
Juraj Mišún
Keyword(s):  
Business Performance ◽  
Main Tool ◽  
Work Behavior ◽  
Cognitive Diversity ◽  
Staff Perceptions ◽  
Innovative Work Behavior ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
Innovative Work

The aim of our paper is to examine whether the support of innovative work behavior by management is positively related to business performance and at the same time, whether this relationship is mediated by the teamwork climate and cognitive diversity of teams. Cognitive diversity is defined as differences in knowledge and perspective, which arise from professional diversity and account for its positive effects. A teamwork climate represents staff perceptions of collaboration between personnel. Business performance is defined by the level of sales. Our sample consisted of 211 managers of companies operating in Slovakia, and data collection took place in the form of a questionnaire. The main tool for examining the mechanism of operation of the investigated relationships is mediation using regression analysis and the Sobel test to determine the significance of the indirect effect of mediation variables. The findings point to a significant direct relationship between the innovative work behavior of company employees and business performance. The intensity of this relationship can be partly influenced by promoting cognitive diversity, especially in the area of knowledge and ways of thinking. The significant role of a teamwork climate was not demonstrated in the examined model.

scholarly journals Developmental Human Resource Configuration, Unique Human Capital, and Employee Innovative Work Behavior: A Multilevel Moderated Mediation Model

SAGE Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 215824402110279
Author(s):  
Po-Chien Chang ◽  
Man-Jing Zhang ◽  
Ting Wu
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Human Resource ◽  
Social Exchange ◽  
Work Behavior ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Resource Configuration ◽  
Innovative Work Behavior ◽  
Innovative Work ◽  
Empowerment Climate

Drawing on social exchange theory (SET), the purposes of this research are to investigate the effect that developmental human resource configuration (DHRC) has on employee innovative work behavior (IWB) and to examine the role that an empowerment climate plays in the relationship. The study assumes that knowledge workers perform IWB if they perceive the application of DHRC and the empowerment climate to support autonomy, information sharing, and team accountability. The data were collected from 37 R&D managers and 370 full-time R&D engineers, constituting 37 different high-tech companies in Guangdong province, China. Results show that a positive relationship between DHRC and IWB was found and was partially mediated by unique human capital. Findings also demonstrate that empowerment climates strengthen this relationship. The implications of the findings and future directions for research are further discussed.

scholarly journals Towards teacher innovative work behavior: A conceptual model

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 1869364
Author(s):  
Soheila Hosseini ◽  
Zahra Rastegar Haghighi Shirazi
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Model ◽  
Work Behavior ◽  
Innovative Work Behavior ◽  
Innovative Work
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