Open AccessPROACTIVE WORK BEHAVIOR AND INNOVATIVE WORK BEHAVIOR: MODERATING EFFECT OF JOB CHARACTERISTICS
Author(s) -
Kadar Nurjaman,
M Sandi Marta,
Anis Eliyana,
Dewi Kurniasari,
Dedeh Kurniasari
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
humanities and social sciences reviews
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2395-6518
DOI - 10.18510/hssr.2019.7663
Subject(s) - moderation , novelty , originality , work (physics) , proactivity , work behavior , multilevel model , sharia , knowledge management , psychology , business , islam , computer science , social psychology , engineering , creativity , mechanical engineering , philosophy , theology , machine learning
Purpose of study: This study examined the usefulness of job characteristics as a technique designed to enhance the effect of proactive behavior and innovate work behavior.
Methodology: A field study was conducted with a randomly selected sample of company 145 supervisors of Sharia Bank at West Java Indonesia. This research was used as a quantitative approach to analyze and answer all research questions. And then, hypotheses for direct and moderator effects are tested using hierarchical regression analysis with SPSS as an analysis tool.
Result: Results presented that there is a relation between proactive behavior and innovative work behavior. Furthermore, jobs characteristic strengthens the relationship between proactive behavior and innovative work behavior in Sharia Bank.
Implications: The strategy of job design utilization with job characteristics can trigger people’s innovation behavior who already have self-initiative and this strategy will succeed in Islamic banks that have employees with high initiative.
Novelty/originality: The novelty of this study is the use of job characteristics in strengthening the relationship between proactive behavior and IWB which is very rarely done in banking, especially in Sharia Banking.