Factors Affecting Innovative Work Behavior of Employees in Local Administrative Organizations in the South of Thailand
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May 31, 2018
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Innovative Work Behavior Team Climate Inventory Learning Orientation Organizational Supportiveness Transformational Leadership
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This study aimed to investigate factors affecting innovative work behavior of employees in local administrative organizations in the south of Thailand. The quantitative research method was employed in this study. A questionnaire was used to collect data from 900 employees in local administrative organizations. Data analyzed using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). The findings indicate an adequate fit between the measurement model of factors affecting innovative work behavior of employees in local administrative organizations in the south of Thailand and the observed data (/df=4.957, RMSEA =.074, CFI=.953, SRMR=.040). The results also reveal that factors directly affect innovative work behavior are team climate inventory and learning orientation with a coefficient effect of .698 and .121 respectively. Meanwhile, organizational supportiveness and transformational leadership indirectly affect innovative work behavior with a coefficient effect of .342 and .247 respectively.
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Chatchawan, R. ., Trichandhara, K. ., & Rinthaisong, I. . (2018). Factors Affecting Innovative Work Behavior of Employees in Local Administrative Organizations in the South of Thailand. JOURNAL OF SOUTHERN TECHNOLOGY, 11(1), 113–124. Retrieved from https://so04.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/journal_sct/article/view/86608
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Amabile, T. M., Conti, R, Coon, Heather, C., Lazenby, J., & Herron, M. (1996). Assessing the work environment for creativity. Academy of Management Journal, 39(5), 1154-1184.
Anderson, N.R., & West, M.A. (1998). Measuring climate inventory journal of innovation: development and validation of the team climate inventory. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 19, 235-258.
_________________. (1996). The Team climate inventory: development of the TCI and its applications in team building for innovativeness. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 5(1), 53-66.
Bass, B. M., & Avolio, B. J. (1996). The transformation and transactional leadership of men and woman. Applied Psychology: An International Reviews, 45(1), 5-35.
Boyett, J. H. (2006). The Science of Leadership Transformational leadership the highly effective leader/follower relationship. Retrieved from https://www.veritasig.com/ assets/files/Articles/Leadership.
Boonyam, T. (2011). The Multi-level Causal Factors Influencing Individual and Group Innovative Behavior for Making Product Innovations in Thai Private Companies. Dissertation, Ph.D. (Applied Behavioral Science Research). Bangkok: Graduate School, Srinakharinwirot University. [in Thai]
Calantone, R. J., Cavusgil, S. T., & Zhao, Y. (2002). Learning orientation, firm innovation, and firm performance. Industrial Marketing Management, 31(6), 515-524.
Chatzi, S. C., & Nikolaou, I. (2007). Validation of the four-factor team climate inventory in Greece. International Journal of Organizational Analysis, 15(4), 341-357.
Chompukum, P. (2008). Innovation for Sustainable Competition. Bangkok: CU Printing. [in Thai]
Crespell, P., & Hansen, E. (2008). Managing for innovation: insights into a successful company. Forest Products Journal, 58(9), 6-17.
Curral, L. A., Forrester, R. H., Dawson, J. F., & West, M. A. (2001). It’s what you do and the way that you do it: team task, team size, and innovation-related group processes. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 10(2), 187-204.
De Jong, J., & Den, H. D. (2008). Innovative Work Behavior: Measurement and Validation. Scientific Analysis of Entrepreneurship and SMEs.
Diamantopoulos, A., & Siguaw, J. (2000). Introducing LISREL. London: Sage Publications.
Edmonson, A.C. (1999). Psychological safety and learning behavior in work teams. Administrative Science Quarterly, 44, 350-383.
Foumany, G. H., Mehraban, M., & Gahani, S. (2015). The effect of transformational leadership on innovation with the mediating role of knowledge management among high school teachers in saveh city. Research Journal of Fisheries and Hydrobiology, 10(13), 125-131.
George, D., & Mallery, P. (2010). SPSS for Windows Step by Step. A Simple Study Guide and Reference. Boston: Pearson Education, Inc.
Hair, J. F. J., Black, W. C., Babin, B. J., & Anderson, R. E. (2010). Multivariate Data Analysis (7thed.): Pearson Prentice Hall.
Hult, G.T.M., Hurley, R. F., & Knight, G. A. (2004). Innovativeness: its antecedents and impact on business performance. Industrial Marketing Management, 33(5), 429-438.
Janssen, O. (2000). Job demands, perceptions of effort-reward fairness and innovative behavior. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 73, 287-302.
Kaplan, D. (2000). Structural Equation Model: Foundation and Extensions. Sage Publications, Thousand Oake.
Khan, R., Rehman, A. U., & Fattima, A. (2009). Transformational leadership and organizational innovation: Moderated by organizational size. African Journal of Business Management, 3(11), 678-684.
Lin, M. (2014). An exploration on the relationship of transformational leadership, innovation atmosphere and e-commerce organization innovation. Open Journal of Social Sciences, 2, 48-53.
Martinez, J. V., Martinez, J. E. V., & Serna, M. D. C. M. (2016). The impact of learning orientation on innovation and performance in SMEs in Mexico. International Review of Management and Business Research, 5(1), 48-64.
Nunnally, J. C., & Bernstein, I. H. (1994). Psychometric Theory (3 rd ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill.
Nybakk, E. (2012). Learning orientation, innovativeness and financial performance in traditional manufacturing firms: a higher-order structural equation model. International Journal of Innovation Management, 16(5), 28.
Paulus, P. B. (2000). Groups, teams and creativity: the creative potential of idea generating groups. Applied Psychology: An international Review, 49, 237-262.
Peng, C. H. (2008). The relationships between the antecedents of innovativeness and business performance. International Symposium on Electronic Commerce and Security, 805-809.
Reuvers, M., Enger, M. L. V., Vinkenburg, C. J., & Wilson-Evered, E. (2008). Transformational leadership and innovative work behavior: exploring the relevance of gender differences. Journal Compilation, 17(3), 227-244.
Rhee, J., Park, T., & Lee, D. H. (2010). Drivers of innovativeness and performance for Innovative SMEs in South Korea: Mediation of learning orientation. Tec novation, 30, 65-75.
Schummacker, R. E., & Lomax, R. G. (2010). A beginner guide to structural equation modeling. (3rd ed.). New Jersey. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Scott, S. G., & Bruce, R. A. (1994). Determinants of innovative behavior: a path model of individual innovation in the workplace. Academy of Management Journal, 37(3), 580-607.
Serna, M.D.C.M., Martinez, J.E.V., & Martinez, J.V. (2016). The impact of learning orientation on innovation and performance in SME’S in Mexico. International Review of Management and Business Research, 5(1), 48-64.
West, M. A., & Wallace, M. (1991). Innovation in health care teams. European Journal of Social Psychology, 21, 303-315.
Williams, K. E. (2014). A Study of Self-Perceived Transformational Leadership Behaviors of Special Education Directors. United States: ProQuest LLC.
Widiartanto & Suhadak. (2013). The Effect of Transformational Leadership on Market Orientation, Learning Orientation, Organization Innovation and Organization Performance. Journal of Business and Management, 12(6), 8-18.
Zhou, J., & George, J. M. (2001). When job dissatisfaction leads to creativity: encouraging the expression of voice. Academy of Management Journal, 44(4), 682-696.