Abstract
The causal factors and effects of creative work behaviors of employees in palm oil industry
Author(s):
Chanyaphak Lalaeng, Prakasit Sirisanthiti
This study aimed to 1) examine the impact of creative work behaviors affecting efficiency of employees in palm oil industry 2) determine the impact of perceived organizational support, motivating operation, and transformational leadership affected creative work behaviors of employees in palm oil industry. The results revealed that 1) the creative work behaviors which consisted of opportunity seeking, initiative, thought leader, and application which demonstrated the positive effects to the employees’ performance in palm oil industry statistically significant. All four independent variables could predict and describe the dependent variables of the employees’ performance in palm oil industry by 64.0 percent, 2) perceived organizational support on organizational leader aspect and perceives organizational achievement demonstrated the positive effects to creative work behaviors of the employees in palm oil industry statistically significant whereas adequate resources support could not affect creative work behaviors of the employees in palm oil industry. All 3 variables could predict and describe the employees’ creative work behaviors in palm oil industry by 42.1 percent, 3) operational motivation on work achievement aspect, recognition, work characteristics and responsibility positively affected creative work behaviors of the employees in palm oil industry statistically significant whereas the advancement could not affect the employees’ creative work behaviors in palm oil industry. All 5 variables could forecast and describe the creative work behaviors of the employees in palm oil industry by 64.2 percent, and 4) transformational leadership on idealized influence aspect, inspiration, intellectual stimulation, and individualized consideration indicated the positive impact for the employees’ creative work behaviors in palm oil industry statistically significant. All four variables could forecast and describe the creative work behaviors of the employees in palm oil industry by 54.8 percent.