Influential Factors on Innovation Work Behavior of Industrial Employees in Nakhon Pathom Province

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Supaporn Pengpis

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In this research investigation, the researcher examines () the transformational leadership influencing organizational climate, work motivation, and employees’ innovation work behavior; studies 2) the organizational climate influencing work motivation and employees’ innovation work behavior; investigates 3) work motivation influencing employees’ innovation work behavior; and examines 4) the structural model consistency of factors influencing industrial employees’ innovation work behavior in Nakhon Pathom province. The research instrument was a questionnaire. The sample population consisted of 402 industrial employees in Nakhon Pathom province using the technique of random sampling. The statistics used in data analysis were percentage, mean, and standard deviation. The technique of structural equation model analysis was also employed.


Findings are as follows. 1) The transformational leadership exhibited a positive influence on organizational climate, work motivation, and employees’ innovation work behavior. 2) Organizational climate exhibited a positive influence on work motivation and employees’ innovation work behavior. 3) Work motivation exhibited a positive influence on employees’ innovation work behavior. 4) The examination of the structural model consistency of factors influencing industrial employees’ innovation work behavior exhibited congruence with the empirical data. The variables in the causal relationship of the structural equation model could be explanatory of variance at 78.7 percent. 

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