DETERMINANTS OF INNOVATIVE BEHAVIOR - A PATH MODEL OF INDIVIDUAL INNOVATION IN THE WORKPLACE

The present study integrated a number of streams of research on the an tecedents of innovation to develop and test a model of individual inno vative behavior. Hypothesizing that leadership, individual problem-sol ving style, and work group relations affect innovative behavior direct ly and indirectly through their influence on perceptions of the climat e for innovation, we used structural equation analysis to test the par ameters of the proposed model simultaneously and also explored the mod erating effect of task characteristics. The model explained approximat ely 37 percent of the variance in innovative behavior. Task type moder ated the relationship between leader role expectations and innovative behavior.