Naslov
Work engagement and task performance within public organizations: The role of innovative work behavior

Autori
Tadić Vujčić, Maja ; Hernaus, Tomislav ; Černe, Matej

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Skup
EAWOP Congress

Mjesto i datum
Dublin, Irska, 17.05.2017. - 20.05.2017

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
work engagement ; task performance ; innovative work behavior ; public-sector employees

Sažetak
The aim of this study was to gain a deeper insight into the mechanism through which employee work engagement can affect task performance. More concretely, we explored whether employee innovative work behavior is a one of the mechanisms (i.e. mediator) that explain the positive relationship between work engagement, leader innovative work behavior, and task performance. This is important because innovative work behavior is especially needed and understudied within the public sector as these organizations are often ineffective and non-competitive. The data was collected among 80 employees from 20 teams within two public organizations in Croatia, as a preliminary study of a longitudinal action research project. The results of multi-level structural equation modeling provided support for the hypothesized research model: When employees were highly engaged in their work, and when their leaders showed highly innovative work behavior, their task performance was higher. Furthermore, the results showed that this relationship could be explained by employees’ own (higher) innovative work behavior. These findings add to the literature and have substantial practical implications as they show how employees’ work engagement and leader innovativeness can foster employees’ innovative work behavior, which, in turn, can foster their task performance.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Ekonomija, Psihologija

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