The Relationship Between Innovative Work Behavior And Workplace Civility From The Perspective Of Healthcare Professionals

Abstract

Background: Healthcare professionals who opinion their job environments as friendly and supportive are more suitable to show favorable behaviors and excellent performance. Besides, a suitable workplace civility climate helps to inspire innovative behavior. This study aims: to determine the relation of innovative work behavior and workplace civility climate from the perspective of healthcare professionals. Methods: A descriptive correlational research was conducted in King Abdullaziz University Hospital, Riyadh, at KSA. A convenient sampling technique was used in the current study n=226. Tools: two instruments were used in t[1]his study, the first instrument was workplace civility climate consisted of 22 items and the second instrument was innovative work behavior questionnaires consisted of 24 items. Results: the studied participants had moderate level of workplace civility climate and innovative work behavior. Also, that there was highly positive statistical significance relation between studied participants’ total perception level regarding workplace civility climate and innovative work behavior. Conclusion: there was highly positive statistical significance between workplace civility climate and innovative work behavior. Recommendation: The management of healthcare organizations should create a workplace civility climate to cultivate healthcare professional's innovative work behavior.