Innovative Work Behavior in Software Houses of Pakistan: The Role of Knowledge Sharing and Ethical Behaviors

Abstract

Now a day, Innovation in services, processes and products are becoming a need of private organizations for long term survival in the market and for the grow of organization this competitive environment. It has been observed that innovative work behavior is key factor for in organizations for employee innovation. The basic aim of this research was to determine how ethical behavior of employees enhance the innovative work behavior of employees through the mediating role knowledge sharing behavior of employee’s (i.e. sharing mistakes and sharing best practices). Our research population was workforce of software houses of the Lahore region. The data were collected online from 289 participants and data analysis was performed through SPSS software. Purposed model of our research will highlight the role of ethical behavior dimensions to motivate employees for knowledge sharing and innovative work behavior.