TY - JOUR
T1 - Fostering Public Sector Employees’ Innovative Behavior
T2 - The Roles of Servant Leadership, Public Service Motivation, and Learning Goal Orientation
AU - Nguyen, Nhung Thi Hong
AU - Nguyen, Diep
AU - Vo, Nguyen
AU - Tuan, Luu Trong
N1 - Funding Information: The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This research is funded by University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City (UEH), Vietnam.
PY - 2023/1/1
Y1 - 2023/1/1
N2 - Although public employees’ innovative behavior is essential for ongoing improvement of public services and thereby development of public organizations, limited research has examined this topic—especially in transition countries. Drawing on social cognitive theory, this study theorizes that servant leadership fosters public sector employees’ innovative behavior through the sequential mediation roles of public service motivation and learning goal orientation. Results from structural equation modelling with multi-source data from Vietnam’s public sector employee and manager surveys support the hypothesized model. Our study sheds light on the drivers of public employees’ innovative behavior in a less researched context.
AB - Although public employees’ innovative behavior is essential for ongoing improvement of public services and thereby development of public organizations, limited research has examined this topic—especially in transition countries. Drawing on social cognitive theory, this study theorizes that servant leadership fosters public sector employees’ innovative behavior through the sequential mediation roles of public service motivation and learning goal orientation. Results from structural equation modelling with multi-source data from Vietnam’s public sector employee and manager surveys support the hypothesized model. Our study sheds light on the drivers of public employees’ innovative behavior in a less researched context.
KW - innovative behavior
KW - public sector employees
KW - servant leadership
KW - public service motivation
KW - learning goal orientation
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85131874045
U2 - 10.1177/00953997221100623
DO - 10.1177/00953997221100623
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85131874045
SN - 0095-3997
VL - 55
SP - 30
EP - 63
JO - Administration & Society
JF - Administration & Society
IS - 1
M1 - 009539972211006
ER -