TY - JOUR
T1 - Linking Care Felt to Engagement in Innovative Behaviors in the Workplace
T2 - The Mediating Role of Psychological Conditions
AU - Vinarski-Peretz, Hedva
AU - Carmeli, Abraham
PY - 2011/2
Y1 - 2011/2
N2 - This study examines the relationships between care felt and engagement in innovative behaviors at work. We posit that when an individual perceives that coworkers care for him or her (i.e., care felt), this cultivates psychological conditions such as safety, meaningfulness, and availability, which result in a higher level of motivation and by implication engagement in innovative behaviors at work. A sample of 218 employees took part in the assessment of the relationship between the psychological conditions linked to care felt (measured at Time 1) and motivation and engagement in innovative behaviors (measured at Time 2). The results of structural equation modeling (SEM) indicate that care felt is positively linked to psychological conditions. The latter is positively related directly and indirectly (through motivation) to engagement in innovative behaviors.
AB - This study examines the relationships between care felt and engagement in innovative behaviors at work. We posit that when an individual perceives that coworkers care for him or her (i.e., care felt), this cultivates psychological conditions such as safety, meaningfulness, and availability, which result in a higher level of motivation and by implication engagement in innovative behaviors at work. A sample of 218 employees took part in the assessment of the relationship between the psychological conditions linked to care felt (measured at Time 1) and motivation and engagement in innovative behaviors (measured at Time 2). The results of structural equation modeling (SEM) indicate that care felt is positively linked to psychological conditions. The latter is positively related directly and indirectly (through motivation) to engagement in innovative behaviors.
KW - And motivation
KW - Care
KW - Engagement
KW - Innovative behaviors
KW - Psychological conditions
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U2 - 10.1037/a0018241
DO - 10.1037/a0018241
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AN - SCOPUS:79953001347
SN - 1931-3896
VL - 5
SP - 43
EP - 53
JO - Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts
JF - Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts
IS - 1
ER -