THE EFFECT OF EMPLOYEES’ SELF-EFFICACY ON INNOVATIVE WORK BEHAVIOR AT SOCIAL SECURITY ORGANIZATION EMPLOYEES IN ARDABIL PROVINCE

Abstract

The aim of this study is evaluating the effect of employees' self-efficacy on their innovative behavior. This descriptive-analytical study in which we are investigating effect of employees' self-efficacy as independent variable and innovative job behavior as dependent variable. The population of this study were 500 of Social Security Organization employees in Ardabil province. Data has collected by standard questionnaires. Simple random sampling was used for selecting research samples. In order to determine validity and reliability the questionnaire was distributed among 30 employees. Findings showed that questionnaire is valid (0.855). Descriptive statistics (frequency, percent, mean and standard deviation) were used for summing data and was used multiple regression to study variables. Results of hypothesis testing showed that all seven hypotheses are confirmed. Hypothesis was "employees selfefficacy influences innovative job behavior" which was significant in P<0.05 level and parameter factor is 0.427 and shows positive effect of self-efficacy on innovative job behavior