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Trust, Connectivity, and Thriving: Implications for Innovative Behaviors at Work

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CARMELI, ABRAHAM, SPREITZER, GRETCHEN M.·2009·The Journal of Creative Behavior

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This study examines how trust, connectivity and thriving drive employees' innovative behaviors in the workplace. Using a sample of one hundred and seventy two employees across a variety of jobs and industries, we investigated the relationship between trust, connectivity (both measured at Time 1), thriving and innovative work behaviors (both measured at Time 2). Trust and connectivity were hypothesized to create a nurturing environment that enables people to thrive and be innovative in their work. The results of structural equation modeling (SEM) indicate a sequential mediation model in which connectivity mediates the relationship between trust and thriving, and thriving mediates the relationship between connectivity and innovative behaviors. The theoretical and practical implications for employee thriving and innovative behaviors at work are discussed.

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  • Thriving at work should improve an entrepreneur's capacity to recognize opportunities because it is closely tied to exploration and drives creative ideation.

    “Thriving at work should increase an entrepreneur's ability to recognize opportunities because it is closely linked to exploration (Spreitzer et al., 2005) and drives creative ideation (Carmeli and Spreitzer, 2009;Wallace et al., 2016).”
  • Thriving at work is a key resource because it supports goal achievement and drives higher innovation, solution identification, work commitment, creativity, and task performance.

    “Thriving at work represents one of these key resources because it facilitates goal achievement and drives elevated levels of innovation, solution identification, work commitment, creativity, and task performance (Carmeli and Spreitzer, 2009;Liu et al., 2020aLiu et al., , 2020b; see Kleine et al., 2019 for a meta-analysis).”

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Authors
CARMELI, A., & SPREITZER, G. M.
Affiliations
  • Bar-Ilan University (IL)
  • University of Michigan (US)
Corresponding author
  • CARMELI, ABRAHAM
  • SPREITZER, GRETCHEN M.
Venue
The Journal of Creative Behavior
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2009-09
Volume
43
Issue
3
Pages
169-191
ISSN
  • 0022-0175 (ISSN-L)
  • 2162-6057
OpenAlex
W2025107250
Cited by
551
References
116
Citations by year
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FWCI
15.90
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • The Journal of Creative Behavior (publishedVersion)
  • Deep Blue (University of Michigan) (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • University of Michigan
  • Bar-Ilan University
  • University of Haifa
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Team Dynamics and Performance
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Employee Performance and Leadership
Keywords
workplace trust, organizational connectivity, employee thriving, innovative behavior, employee creativity, mediation model, employee well-being

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