scholarly journals Enhancing Innovative Work Behaviour of Malaysian Public Sector Employees

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 253-265
Author(s):  
Kamarul Liza Hashim
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Ethical Leadership ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Quantitative Method ◽  
Organisational Commitment ◽  
Public Sector Employees ◽  
Primary Driver ◽  
Innovative Work ◽  
Innovative Work Behaviour ◽  
Future Reference

One primary driver to boost organisations’ competitiveness and efficiency lies in employees’ innovative work behaviour. The goal of this study is to investigate the direct influence of ethical leadership, organisational commitment, and self-efficacy on innovative work behaviour of Malaysian public sector employees. This study adapted a quantitative method. Data were collected from 347 civil servants working in public sector organisations. Results revealed that ethical leadership, organisational commitment, and self-efficacy affect employees’ innovative work behaviour in public sector organisations. This research paper is expected to benefit the industry, practitioners, and academicians for future reference.

Unravelling the nexus between creative self-efficacy, humble leadership, innovative work behaviour and job performance amongst physicians in public hospitals

2022 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Joather Al Wali ◽  
Rajendran Muthuveloo ◽  
Ai Ping Teoh
Keyword(s):  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Public Hospitals ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Innovative Work ◽  
Innovative Work Behaviour ◽  
Creative Self ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Humble Leadership

PurposeThe study aims to examine the relationship between innovative work behaviour (IWB) and JP amongst physicians in Iraq public hospitals. The study also determines the effects of creative self-efficacy (CSE) and humble leadership (HL) on IWB. Besides, the study investigates the mediating role of IWB on the relationship between CSE and JP as well as between HL and JP.Design/methodology/approachA total of 332 respondents participated in the survey, although 173 responses were utilised after data screening. The study employs the structural equation modelling via partial least squares (PLS-SEM) to ascertain the relationship between the variables.FindingsEvidence from the study indicates that IWB has a positive relationship with JP, whilst CSE and HL are significant determinants of IWB amongst physicians in Iraq public hospitals. The study provides evidence that IWB plays a positive mediating role in the relationship between CSE and JP as well as between HL and JP amongst physicians in Iraq public hospitals.Originality/valueThe study implies that the JP of physicians in Iraq public hospitals can be enhanced by IWB, whilst the latter can be improved by CSE and HL. The influences of CSE and HL on JP can be boosted by IWB. Hence, efforts to promote IWB should be vigorously pursued by Iraq public hospitals to foster the physicians' JP.

Psychological Safety, Need for Cognition, and Proactivity among Public Sector Employees

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 99-126
Author(s):  
Kim Byeongjo
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Psychological Safety ◽  
Need For Cognition ◽  
Work Behavior ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Proactive Behavior ◽  
Two Samples ◽  
Public Sector Employees

While employee proactivity has been hailed in management literature as a critical characteristic enabling an organization to accomplish its goals, little is known about how public sector employees exert proactivity at work. This study examines the effect of individual and contextual factors that enhance proactive work behavior among public sector employees. Using two samples of nonprofit hospital employees and part-time graduate students working in the public sector, we investigate the role of the need for cognition and psychological safety in promoting proactive behavior at work. We also examine the mediating role of self-efficacy in the relationship between the two antecedents and proactive behavior. We first confirm the measurement invariance across two samples and then examine hypothesized relationships using structural equation modeling. Our results show that both the need for cognition and perceived psychological safety promote proactive behavior through the mediation of employee’s role breadth self-efficacy.

scholarly journals Impact of Collective-Efficacy and Self-Efficacy on the Innovative Work Behaviour of Teachers in the Nilgiris District, Tamil Nadu

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
J Parthasarathy ◽  
T Premalatha
Keyword(s):  
Collective Efficacy ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
Sampling Method ◽  
Correlation Coefficients ◽  
Innovative Behaviour ◽  
Innovative Work ◽  
Innovative Work Behaviour ◽  
The Nilgiris ◽  
Type Of School

The study presented here is to understand the level of collective-efficacy and self-efficacy of teachers in the Nilgiris District Tamil Nadu. The study also helps us to understand the influence of collective-efficacy and self-efficacy on the innovative behaviour of Teachers. Stratified Random Sampling Method is used in this study to select 90 school teachers. The data is analysed using descriptive statistics and Pearson’s Correlation Coefficients. In this study, the correlation between collective-efficacy and innovative work behaviour, self-efficacy and innovative work behaviour and collective-efficacy and self-efficacy were studied. The levels of collective- efficacy and self-efficacy and their influence on the innovative work behaviour were studied in teachers based on their designation, gender, experience and the type of school in which they work.

Team-member exchange and innovative work behaviour

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 344-361 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vinit Ghosh ◽  
Manaswita Bharadwaja ◽  
Sresha Yadav ◽  
Gaurav Kabra
Keyword(s):  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Team Member ◽  
Psychological Empowerment ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Team Member Exchange ◽  
Member Exchange ◽  
Innovative Work ◽  
Innovative Work Behaviour ◽  
Creative Self ◽  
Innovative Output

Purpose In the context of team's influence on its members, this paper aims to investigate the effects of team-member exchange (TMX) on members' innovative work behaviour (IWB). The current study presents a moderated mediation model and examines the mechanisms and conditions involved in TMX-IWB relationship. Design/methodology/approach A quantitative research methodology was adopted where 156 engineering and management students (grouped into 33 teams) were given a task in the form of an assignment to be completed in three weeks’ timeframe. Post task, perceptions about TMX and IWB of members were captured using a questionnaire and the innovative output of each team was assessed using multi-rater technique. Findings Psychological empowerment fully mediates TMX’s effect on team member's IWB. Furthermore, the results indicate that creative self-efficacy moderates the mediated path from TMX to IWB via psychological empowerment. The mediating effect of psychological empowerment is stronger when creative self-efficacy of a team member is higher. Furthermore, the relation between group-level innovative behaviour and the team's innovative output has been established. Originality/value The current research has contributed to the limited literature on team performance and management. This paper has uniquely investigated psychological empowerment in the context of TMX and IWB. The paper has encapsulated the theoretical and practical underpinnings of the mediated effect of psychological empowerment on team members' innovation-oriented behaviour.

scholarly journals The Role of Ethical Leadership in Managing Occupational Stress to Promote Innovative Work Behaviour: A Cross-Cultural Management Perspective

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (17) ◽  
pp. 9608
Author(s):  
Adnan ul Haque ◽  
Fred A. Yamoah
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Stress ◽  
Ethical Leadership ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Cultural Management ◽  
Management Context ◽  
Innovative Work ◽  
Innovative Work Behaviour ◽  
Cross Cultural Management

This study examines the role of ethical leadership in managing occupational stress to engender innovative work behaviour (IWB) in cargo logistic SMEs in a contrasting cross-cultural management context of Canada and Pakistan. We draw on Trait Activation Theory to develop the conceptual and theoretical framework of the study. Using connections and a networking approach, a proportionate equal sample of nine SMEs were selected for the study. Analysis of the data from the semi-structured Skype and face-to-face interviews with 38 supervisors and 97 employees showed that ethical leadership plays a vital role in reducing occupational stress and increasing employees’ IWB in both countries. Employees in both countries perceiving ethical leadership exhibit more creative-constructive behaviour. The results further demonstrate that males relative to females in both countries have a higher tendency of exhibiting risk-taking behaviour and IWB, resulting from leaders’ support. Similarly, males have higher tendency of challenging the prevailing “status quo” within the organisations than females. Generally, the Pakistani workforce scored higher in contrast to the Canadian workforce in demonstrating IWB due to ethical leadership support, despite higher perception of occupational stress. Cross-cultural management implications are duly outlined.

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