Impact of Job Demands on Employees' Innovative Work Behavior

Master's Thesis from the year 2015 in the subject Leadership and Human Resources - Employee Motivation, grade: 3.30, , course: Project Management, language: English, abstract: The key significance of the current study is the investigation of the impact of job demands, job stress and positive affections in relationship with innovative work behavior of employees.

Studies in the past have mostly focused on the negative consequences of job stress on employees' innovative work behavior i.e. how job demands and job stress result in lower behavioral performances and job outcomes. However, this relationship may also be affirmative as employees may innovate in order to handle job stress resulting from the existence of high level job demands.

Innovative work behavior is a construct related to competitive advantage, economic development and success at organizational level, advancement in technology has compelled organizations to be innovative and embrace the change. Organizations are increasing job demands on employees to make them fabricate and execute novel ideas.