The Effect of Type A Personality Trait on Individual Innovativeness: The Mediator Role of Psychological Empowerment and The Moderator Role of The Organizational Justice
The aim of this study is to observe the effects of Type A personality trait on employees’ individual innovativeness and to investigate the mediating effect of psychological empowerment and the moderating role of organizational justice. The sample of the research consists of 355 white collar participants working in ICT sector in Turkey. Findings of the research demonstrate that the employees are mostly in two categories which had an exactly the same score; Early Adaptors and Early Majority category. Type A personality, psychological empowerment and organizational justice have positive relations with Individual Innovativeness. In Type A personality trait’s relationship with individual innovativeness, psychological empowerment had mediating effect whereas there was no evidence of organizational justice having moderator effect in the same relationship. When Type A and Type B group are compared, Type A had a more positive relationship with individual innovativeness.
Anahtar Kelimeler: Individual Innovativeness, Type A Personality, Psychological Empowerment, Organizational Justice, ICT
The Effect of Type A Personality Trait on Individual Innovativeness: The Mediator Role of Psychological Empowerment and The Moderator Role of The Organizational Justice
The aim of this study is to observe the effects of Type A personality trait on employees’ individual innovativeness and to investigate the mediating effect of psychological empowerment and the moderating role of organizational justice. The sample of the research consists of 355 white collar participants working in ICT sector in Turkey. Findings of the research demonstrate that the employees are mostly in two categories which had an exactly the same score; Early Adaptors and Early Majority category. Type A personality, psychological empowerment and organizational justice have positive relations with Individual Innovativeness. In Type A personality trait’s relationship with individual innovativeness, psychological empowerment had mediating effect whereas there was no evidence of organizational justice having moderator effect in the same relationship. When Type A and Type B group are compared, Type A had a more positive relationship with individual innovativeness.
Keywords: Individual Innovativeness, Type A Personality, Psychological Empowerment, Organizational Justice, ICT