Psychological capital, job involvement and innovative behavior among employees in high tech enterprises in China: Inputs to employee innovation performance framework

International Journal of Research Studies in Management
CollabWritive Special Issue
2023 Volume 11 Issue 8

Available Online25 August 2023

Author/s:

Dong, Haiyan
Graduate School, Lyceum of the Philippines University – Batangas, Philippines

Abstract:

This research aims to investigate the Psychological Capital, Job Involvement and Employees Innovative Behavior of mature enterprises in China and lay the foundation for formulating and improving the Employee Innovation Performance Framework of mature enterprises. This study used a self-made questionnaire as a data collection tool. The research objects are 300 employees of mature enterprises in five provinces of Jiangsu, Guangdong, Beijing, Xinjiang and Shandong. Using weighted averages and rankings to describe Psychological Capital from the aspects of self-efficacy, hope, and resilience; to evaluate the Job Involvement of Psychological Capital; to determine Employees Innovative Behavior in terms of innovative atmosphere, relational behavior, and creative self-efficacy. As part of the nonparametric tests, Spearman rho was used to test for significant relationships. All analyzes were performed using SPSS version 28. The study revealed that respondents agree with the importance of hope, self-efficacy, resilience and optimism in psychological capital. They agreed on employees have moderate job involvement as to physical involvement, emotional involvement, and cognitive involvement. They agreed with the company’s innovation behaviors in terms of organizational innovation climate, Relationship Behavior, and innovation self-efficacy. There is a very close direct relationship between psychological capital and job involvement. The study also found that there is a very close direct relationship between psychological capital and innovation behaviors, and a close direct relationship between job involvement and innovation behaviors. An Employee Innovation Performance Framework was developed for employees.

Keywords: psychological capital, job involvement, innovative behavior, employee innovation performance framework

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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.5861/ijrsm.2023.1105

Cite this article:
Dong, H. (2023). Psychological capital, job involvement and innovative behavior among employees in high tech enterprises in China: Inputs to employee innovation performance framework. International Journal of Research Studies in Management, 11(8), 149-161. https://doi.org/10.5861/ijrsm.2023.1105