Innovative behavior of Malaysian employees: An exploratory study

Author

Hilmi, Mohd Faiz ; Pawanchik, Shahrier ; Mustapha, Yanti ; Mahmud, Nurazree

Author_Institution

Sch. of Distance Educ., Univ. Sains Malaysia, Minden, Malaysia

fYear

2012

fDate

21-22 May 2012

Firstpage

135

Lastpage

138

Abstract

Innovation is becoming a buzzword for Malaysians. It is seen as a means of propelling Malaysia into a developed nation status. Malaysians have been urged to adopt an innovative mindset to achieve a high income nation. Within the innovation framework, innovative behavior of an individual serves as an important pillar to support a wider scope of innovation. Innovative employees lead to an innovative organization. From the same perspective, innovative Malaysians will lead to an innovative Malaysia. Drawing from a survey of 454 Malaysians, this study measures the level of innovative behavior, compare level of innovative behavior between gender and explore how Malaysians understand the term innovation.

Keywords

gender issues; industrial psychology; innovation management; personnel; Malaysian employees; gender; innovative Malaysia; innovative behavior; innovative mindset; innovative organization; Current measurement; Educational institutions; Organizations; Propulsion; Registers; Technological innovation; Innovation behavior; Innovative; Malaysia;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Innovation Management and Technology Research (ICIMTR), 2012 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Malacca

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-0655-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICIMTR.2012.6236375

Filename

6236375