The purpose of this study is to investigate the interactive impacts of goalorientation and person-environment fit on innovative work behaviors based on the Trait Activation Theory. Employees working at various firms in South
Korea participated in a su...
The purpose of this study is to investigate the interactive impacts of goalorientation and person-environment fit on innovative work behaviors based on the Trait Activation Theory. Employees working at various firms in South
Korea participated in a survey to respond to the questionnaire measuring goal orientations, person-environment fit, and innovative work behaviors. Analyses of data showed that mastery and performance approach goal orientation were related positively to innovative work behaviors supporting the proposed hypotheses.In addition, person-supervisor fit significantly and positively moderated the relationships between two types of performance goal orientations and innovative work behaviors, whereas person-job fit positively moderated the relationship
between mastery goal orientation and innovative work behaviors. This study provides evidence supporting the Trait Activation Theory that explains work related behaviors through the interactions of personality and environment. The
knowledge from this study may help to inform the selection and training strategies reflecting individuals’ goal orientations and their fit with work environment. This study is one of the first studies that investigate interactional
effects between 3-factor construct of goal orientations and person-environment it on innovative work behavior. The findings from the present study help us understand how individual employees’ motivational factors and their fit with
work environment to be combined in producing innovative work behaviors.