Fostering Innovative Work Behavior Among Plantation Workers in North Sumatra, Indonesia by Applying Employee Growth Climate

Vivi Gusrini Rahmadani

2022

Abstract

North Sumatra, Indonesia has a large plantation area and extensive agricultural industry, and this industry was proven giving benefits for the national income of this country. However, to develop the national agro-industry in the VUCA (Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, Ambiguity) era, innovative human resources in agro-industry should become the building blocks for the companies to survive and to stay competitive. The current study focuses on the effect of employee growth climate on innovative work behavior. 607 plantation workers from one of the biggest companies in the agro-industry in North Sumatra, Indonesia were participated in this research. The result show that to increase the employees’ innovative work behavior that consist of three components: idea generation, idea promotion, idea implementation, the company should aware of its organizational climate that support the employees to be innovative, which called employee growth climate. A growth climate is an organizational climate or work environment which perceived by the employees where the organizational practices, policies, and procedures encourage employee professional growth and development. Thus, the companies in the agro-industry should adapt to the current disruptive business challenges by nurturing the innovative behavior of their employee by providing supportive climate and enforcing practices and policies that stimulate innovation.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Gusrini Rahmadani V. (2022). Fostering Innovative Work Behavior Among Plantation Workers in North Sumatra, Indonesia by Applying Employee Growth Climate. In Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Social and Political Development - Volume 1: ICOSOP, ISBN 978-989-758-618-7, SciTePress, pages 446-451. DOI: 10.5220/0011904500003460

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icosop22,
author={Vivi Gusrini Rahmadani},
title={Fostering Innovative Work Behavior Among Plantation Workers in North Sumatra, Indonesia by Applying Employee Growth Climate},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Social and Political Development - Volume 1: ICOSOP,},
year={2022},
pages={446-451},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0011904500003460},
isbn={978-989-758-618-7},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Social and Political Development - Volume 1: ICOSOP,
TI - Fostering Innovative Work Behavior Among Plantation Workers in North Sumatra, Indonesia by Applying Employee Growth Climate
SN - 978-989-758-618-7
AU - Gusrini Rahmadani V.
PY - 2022
SP - 446
EP - 451
DO - 10.5220/0011904500003460
PB - SciTePress