The Influence of Transformational Leadership, Psychological Capital and Psychological Empowerment on Employees’ Innovative Work Behavior
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Transformational Leadership, Psychological Capital, Psychological Empowerment, Innovative Work BehaviorAbstract
The objective of this quantitative research was to study the influence of transformational leadership, psychological capital, and psychological empowerment on innovative work behavior. The population was employees at all levels of a petrochemical company in Map Ta Phut Industrial Estate, Rayong Province. A questionnaire was used to collect data from 342 employees by simple random sampling by lottery. The statistics used for data analysis included frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, skewness, kurtosis, correlation coefficient, and structural equation modeling (SEM). The proposed model was consistent with the empirical data, with model-fit indices of CMIN/DF = 1.985, GFI = 0.935, AGFI = 0.907, CFI = 0.980, RMSEA = 0.054, RMR = 0.012, and NFI = 0.960. The relationship could be explained by the fact that transformational leadership and psychological empowerment have a positive influence on innovative work behavior. Meanwhile, psychological capital has a positive influence on psychological empowerment. The variables in the model can explain the variance of an employee's innovative work behavior by 60.8 percent.
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