Impacts of perceived justice, workplace fun on innovative work behavior and job performance of lecturers at universities in Ho Chi Minh City
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25/06/2023
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25/06/2023
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Abstract
Innovative behavior, which is primarily leading to the enhancement of lecturer performance, is an ongoing process that lecturers embrace when being assigned the strategic role in enhancing education quality. An effectively operating performance process is crucial, considering the challenging and demanding nature of the teaching profession. Drawing on organizational theory and theory of planned behavior, authors propose that when teachers have fun at work and perceive different forms of justice in their institutions, they will feel more respected, energetic and tend to produce higher levels of innovative behavior and better performance in their job. To assess the study hypotheses, data were collected from 152 lecturers who work in public universities in Ho Chi Minh City and analyzed using Partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM). The results show that “job performance” of lecturers is only affected by “workplace fun” while “innovative work behavior” is positively influenced by the two factors “perceived justice” and “fun at work,” and lecturers’ innovation is in turn positively related to their job performance. In theory, accepted hypotheses support organizational theory and the theory of planned behavior. In practice, university authorities should provide more fun at the workplace for lecturers. Moreover, justice must be maintained and improved in organizations
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Innovative work behavior; Job performance; Perceived justice; Workplace fun
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Sofiyan, S., Sembiring, R., Danilwan, Y., Anggriani, R., & Sudirman, A. (2022). Innovative Work Behavior and Its Impact on Teacher Performance: The Role of Organizational Culture and Self Efficacy as Predictors. Journal of Education Research and Evaluation, 6(1), 44-52. https://doi.org/10.23887/jere.v6i1.38255
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Abstein, A., & Spieth, P. (2014). Exploring HRM meta‐features that foster employees’ innovative work behaviour in times of increasing work–life conflict. Creativity and Innovation Management, 23(2), 211–225.
Aguiar-Quintana, T., Araujo-Cabrera, Y., & Park, S. (2020). The sequential relationships of hotel employees’ perceived justice, commitment, and organizational citizenship behaviour in a high unemployment context. Tourism Management Perspectives, 35, 100676. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tmp.2020.100676
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Bagozzi, R. P., Yi, Y., & Phillips, L. W. (1991). Assessing Construct Validity in Organizational Research. Administrative Science Quarterly, 36(3), 421–458. https://doi.org/10.2307/2393203
Bawuro, F., Danjuma, I., & Wajiga, H. (2018). Factors Influencing Innovative Behaviour of Teachers in Secondary Schools in the North East of Nigeria. Path of Science, 4(3), 1007–1017. https://doi.org/10.22178/pos.32-9
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Chen, S.-Y., Wu, W.-C., Chang, C.-S., Lin, C.-T., Kung, J.-Y., Weng, H.-C., Lin, Y.-T., & Lee, S.-I. (2015). Organizational justice, trust, and identification and their effects on organizational commitment in hospital nursing staff. BMC Health Services Research, 15(1), 363. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-015-1016-8
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Cohen, J. (1992). A power primer. Psychological Bulletin, 112, 155–159. https://doi.org/10.1037/0033-2909.112.1.155
Dunlop, P. D., & Lee, K. (2004). Workplace deviance, organizational citizenship behavior, and business unit performance: the bad apples do spoil the whole barrel. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 25(1), 67–80. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1002/job.243
Education Media Center. (2020). Tự chủ trong giáo dục đại học: Thực trạng, khó khăn và giải pháp [Autonomy in higher education: Situation, difficulties and solutions]. Ministry of Education and Training.
Ford, R., McLaughlin, F. S., & Newstrom, J. W. (2003). Questions and answers about fun at work. Human Resource Planning, 26, 18–33.
Grant, A. M. (2008). The significance of task significance: Job performance effects, relational mechanisms, and boundary conditions. In Journal of Applied Psychology 91(2), 108–124. American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.1037/0021-9010.93.1.108
Griffin, M. A., Neal, A., & Parker, S. K. (2007). A new model of work role performance: Positive behavior in uncertain and interdependent contexts. Academy of Management Journal, 50(2), 327–347.
Hair, J. F., Hult, G. T. M., Ringle, C. M., & Sarstedt, M. (2017). A Primer on Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) (2nd ed.). SAGE Publications.
Henseler, J., Ringle, C. M., & Sarstedt, M. (2015). A new criterion for assessing discriminant validity in variance-based structural equation modeling. Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, 43(1), 115–135. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11747-014-0403-8
Ilgen, D. R., & Hollenbeck, J. R. (1991). The structure of work: Job design and roles. In Handbook of industrial and organizational psychology, Vol. 2, 2nd ed. (pp. 165–207). Consulting Psychologists Press.
Ilhan, A. (2020). The conceptual framework of organizational theory analysis: An organizational level assessment. Globus An International Journal of Management & IT, 12(1), 81–87.
Jalalkamali, M., Ali, A. J., Hyun, S. S., & Nikbin, D. (2016). Relationships between work values, communication satisfaction, and employee job performance. Management Decision, 54(4), 796–814. https://doi.org/10.1108/MD-01-2015-0003
Jayus, J. A. (2021). The Effect of Distributive Justice, Procedural Justice and Interactional Justice on Teacher Engangement and Teachers Performance. Turkish Journal of Computer and Mathematics Education (TURCOMAT), 12(7), 131–139.
Karl, K., Peluchette, J., Hall-Indiana, L., & Harland, L. (2005). Attitudes Toward Workplace Fun: A Three Sector Comparison. Journal of Leadership & Organizational Studies, 12(2), 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1177/107179190501200201
Kian, T. S., Yusoff, W. F. W., & Rajah, S. (2014). Job satisfaction and motivation: What are the difference among these two. European Journal of Business and Social Sciences, 3(2), 94–102.
Klaeijsen, A., Vermeulen, M., & Martens, R. (2017). Teachers’ Innovative Behaviour: The Importance of Basic Psychological Need Satisfaction, Intrinsic Motivation, and Occupational Self-Efficacy. Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 62(5), 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1080/00313831.2017.1306803
Lamm, E., & Meeks, M. D. (2009). Workplace fun: the moderating effects of generational differences. Employee Relations, 31(6), 613–631. https://doi.org/10.1108/01425450910991767
Luong Van Ha. (2022). Tự chủ đại học và những vấn đề đặt ra trong thực tiễn triển khai tại Việt Nam [University autonomy and problems in practice in Vietnam]. Economy and Forecast Review, 12(5), 20–26.
Messmann, G., & Mulder, R. H. (2011). Innovative work behaviour in vocational colleges: Understanding how and why innovations are developed. Vocations and Learning, 4(1), 63–84.
Momeni, M., Ebrahimpour, H., & Ajirloo, M. B. (2014). Surveying the impact of inferential organizational justice on innovative work behavior. Singaporean Journal of Business, Economics and Management Studies, 51(1123), 1–8.
Moorman, R. H. (1991). Relationship between organizational justice and organizational citizenship behaviors: Do fairness perceptions influence employee citizenship? In Journal of Applied Psychology 76(6), 845–855. American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.1037/0021-9010.76.6.845
Nguyen, T. M., Malik, A., & Budhwar, P. (2022). Knowledge hiding in organizational crisis: The moderating role of leadership. Journal of Business Research, 139, 161-172. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2021.09.026
Olkkonen, M.-E., & Lipponen, J. (2006). Relationships between organizational justice, identification with organization and work unit, and group-related outcomes. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 100(2), 202–215. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.obhdp.2005.08.007
Qi, L., Liu, B., Wei, X., & Hu, Y. (2019). Impact of inclusive leadership on employee innovative behavior: Perceived organizational support as a mediator. PloS One, 14(2), e0212091. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0212091
Rahmawati, I., Saimima, M. P., & Fajar Ghifari, R. (2020). Teachers Innovative Behavior And Role Performance With The Team: An Empirical. European Journal of Molecular & Clinical Medicine, 7(6), 1616–1623. https://ejmcm.com/article_3883_cbe4d15376a735f8e38a29afbfa6c9c6.pdf
Randall, M. L., Cropanzano, R., Bormann, C. A., & Birjulin, A. (1999). Organizational politics and organizational support as predictors of work attitudes, job performance, and organizational citizenship behavior. In Journal of Organizational Behavior 20(2), 159–174. John Wiley & Sons. https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1099-1379(199903)20:2<159::AID-JOB881>3.0.CO;2-7
Raza, S., Kanwal, R., Rafique, M. A., Sarfraz, U., & Zahra, M. (2017). The relationship between HRM practice, workplace communication and job performance of service industries employees in Vehari, Pakistan. International Journal of Information, Business and Management, 9(2), 126–144. https://www.academia.edu/download/53510471/altman_paper.pdf#page=127
Redman, T., & Mathews, B. (2002). Managing Services: Should We Be Having Fun? Service Industries Journal - SERV IND J, 22, 51–62. https://doi.org/10.1080/714005085
Rhoades, L., Eisenberger, R., & Armeli, S. (2001). Affective commitment to the organization: The contribution of perceived organizational support. In Journal of Applied Psychology 86(5), 825–836. American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.1037/0021-9010.86.5.825
Rich, B. L., Lepine, J. A., & Crawford, E. R. (2010). Job engagement: Antecedents and effects on job performance. Academy of Management Journal, 53(3), 617–635.
Romero, E. J., & Cruthirds, K. W. (2006). The use of humor in the workplace. Academy of Management Perspectives, 20(2), 58–69.
Rotundo, M., & Sackett, P. R. (2002). The relative importance of task, citizenship, and counterproductive performance to global ratings of job performance: A policy-capturing approach. In Journal of Applied Psychology 87(1), 66–80. American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.1037/0021-9010.87.1.66
Saether, E. A. (2019). Motivational antecedents to high-tech R&D employees’ innovative work behavior: Self-determined motivation, person-organization fit, organization support of creativity, and pay justice. The Journal of High Technology Management Research, 30(2), 100350. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hitech.2019.100350
Shah, S. T. H., Shah, S. M. A., & El-Gohary, H. (2022). Nurturing Innovative Work Behaviour through Workplace Learning among Knowledge Workers of Small and Medium Businesses. Journal of the Knowledge Economy. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13132-022-01019-5
Shanker, R., Bhanugopan, R., van der Heijden, B. I. J. M., & Farrell, M. (2017). Organizational climate for innovation and organizational performance: The mediating effect of innovative work behavior. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 100(100), 67–77. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2017.02.004
Sofiyan, S., Sembiring, R., Danilwan, Y., Anggriani, R., & Sudirman, A. (2022). Innovative Work Behavior and Its Impact on Teacher Performance: The Role of Organizational Culture and Self Efficacy as Predictors. Journal of Education Research and Evaluation, 6(1), 44-52. https://doi.org/10.23887/jere.v6i1.38255
Sudibjo, N., & Prameswari, R. K. (2021). The effects of knowledge sharing and person–organization fit on the relationship between transformational leadership on innovative work behavior. Heliyon, 7(6), e07334. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e07334
Tews, M. J., Michel, J. W., & Bartlett, A. (2012). The Fun damental Role of Workplace Fun in Applicant Attraction. Journal of Leadership & Organizational Studies, 19(1), 105–114. DOI: 10.1177/1548051811431828
How to Cite
Nguyen, T. K. B., Le, T. T. T., Tran, T. N., Ho, T. T. T., & Chau, M. C. (2023). Impacts of perceived justice, workplace fun on innovative work behavior and job performance of lecturers at universities in Ho Chi Minh City. Journal of Finance - Marketing Research, 14(3), 63-75. https://doi.org/10.52932/jfm.vi3.363