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Psychological Capital: A Positive Psychological Resource and Its Relationship with Creative Performance Behavior

Asst. Prof. Dr. Seçil BAL TAŞTAN
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101–118
Publication Date
2016-08-12
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According to the results, it was revealed that the total psychological capital and each of the psychological capital components had significant positive relationships with employee creative performance behavior.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Öz Creative performance behavior and psychological capital concepts having theoretical roots of positive organizational behavior and positive psychological capital have been examined in a number of studies in literature for investigating high performance and innovative organizations.
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Key Findings & Data:It is recognized that the employee creative performance behavior has been the investigated with its associations with several concepts including supportive managerial implementation, job characteristics, organizational climate and culture, personality factors.
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Conclusion & Impact:According to the results, it was revealed that the total psychological capital and each of the psychological capital components had significant positive relationships with employee creative performance behavior.
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⚙️Variables:Anahtar Kelimeler Psychological Capital · Positive Psychology · Creativity

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Öz Creative performance behavior and psychological capital concepts having theoretical roots of positive organizational behavior and positive psychological capital have been examined in a number of studies in literature for investigating high performance and innovative organizations. It is recognized that the employee creative performance behavior has been the investigated with its associations with several concepts including supportive managerial implementation, job characteristics, organizational climate and culture, personality factors. The present study has focused on the assumption regarding the relationship between psychological capital components of self-efficacy, hope, optimism and resilience with creative performance behavior. Based on the extant resources and conceptual rationale, it is expected that psychological capital variables could have significant explanatory power on employee creative performance behavior. With that respect, a research study was performed in a large size White Good Company in Turkey which has been indicated as an innovative and high performance organization by relevant research results. 165 first line and middle level white and blue collar employees have participated in the questionnaire survey. The data were analyzed through the use of SPSS and LISREL programmes. Each variable of the model was evaluated by Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) methods. According to the results, it was revealed that the total psychological capital and each of the psychological capital components had significant positive relationships with employee creative performance behavior. In addition, it was demonstrated that psychological capital components had significant effect on explaining creative performance behavior.

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TAŞTAN, A. P. D. S. B. (2016). Psychological Capital: A Positive Psychological Resource and Its Relationship with Creative Performance Behavior. Anadolu Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, Cilt: 16 - Sayı: 2, 101–118. https://ajindex.com/articles/9278

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