The Impact of Psychological Empowerment on Innovative Work Behavior Moderating by Quality Culture

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to examine the influence of psychological empowerment on innovative work behavior moderating by quality culture in Iraqi Higher Education. Therefore, psychological empowerment and quality culture play an important role in stimulation of innovative work behavior among employees in the organization. Higher Education sector of any country acts as a backbone for that country as it provides a skilled human resource. The Higher Education in Iraq faces many challenges, such as employee morale, brain drain in the sector, the ranking of universities in the world. In the academic context, the academic empowerment has a critical role in achieving success. However, the researcher concluded that there are relationships between the psychological empowerment and quality culture with innovative work behavior. Thus, the study contributes to the existing pool of knowledge on the impact of psychological empowerment and quality culture on innovative work behavior. Different aspects of these variables were studied, so as to provide a wider and more comprehensive lead to the understanding of the factors or elements that affect academic staff in Iraqi Higher Education. This study suggestsexamining these variables empirically.

Keywords:Psychological Empowerment, Innovative Work Behavior, Quality Culture, Higher Education.