Employee Creative Behaviour: A Predictive Study of Perceived Relational Injustice and Workplace Ostracism among Public Sector Workers

Oguegbe Tochukwu Matthew (), Kizito Ifunanya Okonkwo () and Nwankwo Anthony E ()

International Journal of Public Policy and Administration Research, 2021, vol. 8, issue 1, 1-9

Abstract: The global pandemic and its concomitant effects on global economy has adversely impeded workplace creativity and workplace effectiveness especially in Africa. The present study examined perceived relational injustice and workplace ostracism as predictors of employee creative behaviour in the public sector. Participants in the study were one hundred and forty-six (146) employees drawn from public sector. They consist of 85 female and 61 male. The age of the participants range from 27 to 57 years with age mean of 41.55 and standard deviation of 7.14. Simple random sampling and accidental sampling technique were used to select the participants. The Employee’s Creative Behaviour Scale, Perceived Relational Injustice Scale and Workplace Ostracism were used for the data generation. The study adopted correlational design and Hierarchical Multiple-Linear Regression statistics as appropriate statistics for analyses of the data. Findings indicated that no significant prediction between perceived interpersonal of perceived relational injustice and employee creative behaviour at (F2, 143), β= .11, t = 1.24, p>.05. Perceived information of perceived relational injustice on the other hand, significantly predicted employee creative behaviour at (F2, 143), β=.19, t = 2.23, p<.05. Furthermore, work ostracism significantly predicted employee creative behaviour at (F1, 142), β= .53, t = 6.03, p<.05. Therefore, it was recommended that hoarding of information and ignoring members’ effort in organisations should be avoided to enable the public sector experience growth and productivity.

Keywords: Employee creative behaviour; Perceived relational injustice; Workplace ostracism (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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