Born To Innovate: Proactive Personality and Organizational Support Among Millennial it Workers

Abstract

This study aims to examine the effects of proactive personality and perceived organizational support, partially and simultaneously, on innovative work behavior among millennial employees in the information technology sector. Data were collected using a quantitative method. The questionnaire comprised several adapted and translated scales: the Innovative Work Behavior scale by Janssen (2000) with 9 items (α=0.801), the Proactive Personality Scale (α=0.784) with 10 items (Seibert, Crant, & Kraimer, 1999), and the Survey of Perceived Organizational Support (Eisenberger, Huntington, Hutchison, & Sowa, 1986) consisting of 14 items (α=0.896).