THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EMPLOYEE INVOLVEMENT, EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT AND INNOVATIVE WORK BEHAVIOR AND MEDIATING ROLE OF ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT OF EMPLOYEES IN THAI ORGANIZATIONS

Authors

  • Tanawat Teepapal Bangkok Thonburi Uninversity

Keywords:

Employee Involvement, Innovative work behavior, Organizational context, Employee Engagement

Abstract

In a tough competitive environment, many firms try to differentiate themselves by employing innovative policies. The main objective of this study is aimed at exploring the relationship between employee’s involvement, engagement and innovative behavior of employees in Thai organizations.  The 400 respondents in this study were senior employees and supervisors/managers in Marketing or R&D departments of firms that had obtained the Thailand Trust Mark (TTM) issued by the Ministry of Commerce Thailand. The survey employed a random sampling technique approach.   The findings indicated that direct relationship of employee involvement and employee engagement have a statistically significant and positively effect on innovative work behavior but organizational context was found to have no statistical significance with innovative work behavior.  Based on these findings it can be concluded that the policy of the organization should bond and fit with employee values, skills and capabilities such as job rotation, flexible job assignment, self-managed teams and compensation schemes such as profit sharing in order to create motivation, commitment and satisfaction of employees.  

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2020-09-16

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Vol. 6 No. 2 (2020): July - December

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