Title: Explaining employee innovative behaviour: a test of an integrative model

Authors: Uri Sternberg; Aviv Shoham

Addresses: Graduate School of Management, University of Haifa, Israel ' Graduate School of Management, University of Haifa, Israel

Abstract: The ability to innovate is crucial to the success of any organisation and it largely depends on employees' innovative behaviour. Yet, despite an emerging literature on this topic, there remain important knowledge gaps, which this study seeks to fill. Our study examines innovative behaviour in two contexts: at home and in the workplace. For this purpose, we provide an integrated overview of innovative behaviour, including its antecedents and its effects. Findings help clarify the relationship between innovative behaviour in the two contexts, both in general and with respect to its drivers and consequences. The core finding is that consumer innovative behaviour precedes employee innovative behaviour. We discuss the theoretical and practical implications of the findings.

Keywords: employee innovative behaviour; innovation; innovative behaviour; home-work conflict.

DOI: 10.1504/IJEIM.2022.120887

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management, 2022 Vol.26 No.1/2, pp.60 - 84

Accepted: 03 Feb 2021
Published online: 16 Feb 2022 *