Individual's Personality Traits, Perception of HRM Practices on Innovative Work Behavior: Innovative Climate as A Mediator
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https://doi.org/10.53469/ijomsr.2023.6(05).11Keywords:
Individual's Personality Traits, Perception of HRM Practices, Innovative Climate, Innovative Work BehaviorAbstract
This study examines the structural relationships between individual's personality traits, perception of HRM practices, innovative climate and innovative work behavior based on the Trait Activation Theory (TAT) and Social Exchange Theory (SET). The main purpose of this study is to identify the significance of innovative climate as a mediator between individual's personality traits, perception of HRM practices and innovative work behavior. Individual's personality traits consist of openness to experience, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness and neuroticism, perception of HRM practices consist of appropriate staffing and recruitment, a fair performance appraisal system, comprehensive training and development and competitive compensation. Innovative work behavior is measured in terms of creation, promotion and implementation.
A quantitative approach is adopted to test the relationships. Questionnaires are used to gather data from 36 iron and steel companies of Tangshan in China, a total of 384 respondents participate in this study. The data are analyzed by using PLS algorithm and the bootstrapping procedure. Hierarchical Multiple Regression Analysis (HMRA) is used to examine (1) the relationship between individual's personality traits, perception of HRM practices and innovative climate; (2) the relationship between individual's personality traits, perception of HRM practices, innovative climate and innovative work behavior; and (3) the mediating role of innovative climate on the relationship between individual's personality traits, perception of HRM practices and innovative work behavior.
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