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Impact of Supervisor's Humor on Civil Servant's Innovative Work Behavior

상사유머가 공무원의 혁신적 업무행동에 미치는 영향

  • 정석환 ((사)한국공공행정연구원)
  • Received : 2014.09.22
  • Accepted : 2014.10.14
  • Published : 2014.12.28
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Abstract

The study aims to positively analyze the impact of superiors' humor perceived by staff on the latter's innovative work behaviors among all other factors determining an individual's inclination to innovation. The summary of the results is as follows. First, senior superiors' humor is closely related to innovative work behaviors, which is also statistically significant. Second, superiors' affects job commitment to a significant extent. Third, job commitment produces such effects of an mediating variable in the relationship between superiors' and innovative work behaviors on the part of their staff. The results present an empirical lesson that a superiors plays a great role in the process of innovation in the public sector. Therefore, this study concludes that it is necessary to systemize education and training system for superiors in terms of management of a public organization. Empirical studies of innovative behaviors of superiors are likely to contribute to developing the theories of organizational behaviors.

본 연구는 개인의 혁신성향을 결정하는 요인들 중에서 공무원이 인지하는 상사유머가 혁신적 업무행동에 어떠한 영향력을 미치는가를 실증적으로 분석하는데 있다. 연구결과를 요약해 보면 다음과 같다. 첫째, 상사유머는 혁신적 업무행동에 통계적으로 유의한 수준에서 밀접한 영향관계가 있는 것으로 나타났다. 둘째, 상사유머는 직무몰입에 상당한 수준에서 영향력을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 셋째, 상사유머와 혁신적 업무행동의 관계에서 직무몰입은 매개변인의 효과를 가지는 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 연구결과는 공공부문의 혁신과정에서 상사의 역할이 매우 크다는 경험적 교훈을 얻을 수 있었다. 따라서 조직관리 차원에서 상사의 교육훈련시스템을 체계화 시킬 필요성을 발견하였다. 공무원의 혁신행동을 경험적 연구를 통해 증명함으로써 조직행태이론 발전에도 기여할 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

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