| dc.description.abstract | Along with the advancement of the technology,
software companies have to face a huge competition in
the global and local market. To face this competition
innovations can be used as a strategic weapon. As
employees are the main driving forces of innovation, their
behavior can be a crucial factor in boosting innovation.
Innovative behavior is referred as the introduction
and application of new ideas, products, processes, and
procedures to a person's work role or an organization.
This behavior directly affects innovation performance of
an organization. The main aim of this study is to identify
the factors that affect employee innovative behavior and
their effect in Sri Lankan software companies using a
quantitative methodology. Apart from that this study
provides a conclusive summary of the current status of
the innovative behavior of employees. Factors that have
been proved by previously done research were used.
So nine factors were considered to cover a broad area
of innovative behavior. A model was constructed by
considering the above factors to get a clear idea about
the study. Findings of the study emphasizes that both
individual and organizational factors effect on innovative
behavior. Results have proven that psychological capital,
organizational support, rewards, resource availability,
leadership and social capital have a significant impact
on employee innovative behavior while organizational
structure, organizational commitment and work
characteristics haven`t any impact. Proposed model was
reconstructed according to the results and areas that
should be improved were identified. | en_US |
