Abstract
BACKGROUND
Health organization research is experiencing a strong refocus on employees' individual innovative behavior (IIB), revealing that many of the influential factors at work remain uncertain. Hence, this study empirically examines fostering of hospital employees' IIB by focusing on direct and indirect relationships of organizational culture (here labeled internal market-oriented culture, IMOC), psychological capital (PsyCap), and organizational commitment (OC).
METHODS
The study focused on a sample of 1008 hospital employees, using a partial least squares-structural equation modeling method to analyze and test the relationships hypothesized in this study. A multigroup comparison was performed to test the heterogeneity of personal characteristics. The indirect relationships of PsyCap were tested using mediator analyses.
RESULTS
Our results reveal that IMOC has a positive and significant correlation to employees' PsyCap and IIB. PsyCap is directly related to IIB and indirectly related to IMOC and IIB. Furthermore, the study found that IIB is related to OC.
CONCLUSIONS
This study extends the current debate on how IIB is fostered at work by examining PsyCap and IMOC as antecedents of IIB. The study has added to the IIB research area by examining the role of IIB on OC. The study is among the first attempts in its category to contribute to health organizations and managers by empirically examining the role of IMOC on employees' PsyCap and IIB-and, in turn, their OC.
TY - JOUR
T1 - Fostering innovative behavior in health organizations: a PLS-SEM analysis of Norwegian hospital employees.
AU - Mutonyi,Barbara Rebecca,
AU - Slåtten,Terje,
AU - Lien,Gudbrand,
Y1 - 2021/05/18/
PY - 2020/07/17/received
PY - 2021/05/10/accepted
PY - 2021/5/19/entrez
PY - 2021/5/20/pubmed
PY - 2021/5/21/medline
KW - Hospital employees
KW - Individual innovative behavior
KW - Internal market-oriented culture
KW - Organizational commitment
KW - Psychological capital
SP - 470
EP - 470
JF - BMC health services research
JO - BMC Health Serv Res
VL - 21
IS - 1
N2 - BACKGROUND: Health organization research is experiencing a strong refocus on employees' individual innovative behavior (IIB), revealing that many of the influential factors at work remain uncertain. Hence, this study empirically examines fostering of hospital employees' IIB by focusing on direct and indirect relationships of organizational culture (here labeled internal market-oriented culture, IMOC), psychological capital (PsyCap), and organizational commitment (OC). METHODS: The study focused on a sample of 1008 hospital employees, using a partial least squares-structural equation modeling method to analyze and test the relationships hypothesized in this study. A multigroup comparison was performed to test the heterogeneity of personal characteristics. The indirect relationships of PsyCap were tested using mediator analyses. RESULTS: Our results reveal that IMOC has a positive and significant correlation to employees' PsyCap and IIB. PsyCap is directly related to IIB and indirectly related to IMOC and IIB. Furthermore, the study found that IIB is related to OC. CONCLUSIONS: This study extends the current debate on how IIB is fostered at work by examining PsyCap and IMOC as antecedents of IIB. The study has added to the IIB research area by examining the role of IIB on OC. The study is among the first attempts in its category to contribute to health organizations and managers by empirically examining the role of IMOC on employees' PsyCap and IIB-and, in turn, their OC.
SN - 1472-6963
UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/34006270/Fostering_innovative_behavior_in_health_organizations:_a_PLS_SEM_analysis_of_Norwegian_hospital_employees_
DB - PRIME
DP - Unbound Medicine
ER -
