How organization justice and perceived organizational support facilitate employees’ innovative behavior at work
ISSN: 0142-5455
Article publication date: 1 August 2019
Issue publication date: 16 September 2019
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to analyze the relationships among organizational justice, innovative organization culture, perceived organizational support (POS), affective commitment and innovative behavior (IB). The mediating role of POS is tested within the relationship of justice dimensions, affective commitment and IB.
Design/methodology/approach
Data for this research were collected from 367 managerial and executive employees working in manufacturing and IT sector firms in Pakistan. Structural equation modeling was utilized to test hypothesized relationships.
Findings
Results indicate that organizational justice (distributive, procedural and interactional justice), innovative organization culture and POS are significantly related to affective commitment and employees’ IB. The findings also showed that organizational justice stimulates employees’ affective commitment and IB through mediating POS as well as directly.
Research limitations/implications
The main limitation of this study is its cross-sectional design and self-reported questionnaire data. This study is also limited to manufacturing and IT sector in Pakistan. Therefore, other sectors and geographical locations could be chosen for future research using a bigger sample size.
Originality/value
This study makes important theoretical contributions using social exchange theory. It also expands the research in the area of organizational justice dimensions, organizational culture and POS as antecedents of affective commitment and IB. This study is an exceptional investigation of justice, organization culture, POS, commitment and IB in the Pakistan cultural context.
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Acknowledgements
The authors would like to thank Editor in Chief Professor Dennis Nickson and the anonymous reviewers for their constructive and helpful comments and suggestions. An earlier version of the paper was accepted for presentation at the 31st Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management, Melbourne in 2017. This study was supported by the National Social Science Fund of China (No 18BGL129) and Scientific Research Fund for Universities by Chinese Ministry of Education (2018B30214 & 2018B47914). The funds are awarded to the author, Professor Wang Qun.
Citation
Nazir, S., Shafi, A., Atif, M.M., Qun, W. and Abdullah, S.M. (2019), "How organization justice and perceived organizational support facilitate employees’ innovative behavior at work", Employee Relations, Vol. 41 No. 6, pp. 1288-1311. https://doi.org/10.1108/ER-01-2017-0007
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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