The mediating role of innovative behaviour in the impact of proactive personality on work engagement

This research was written to determine the effect of proactive personality on job engagement and the mediating role of innovative behavior in this effect. Since nurses encounter many sudden situations in their workplaces, we have chosen nurses as the occupational group to collect data. For this reason, 299 nurses working in Malatya training and research hospital are the study group of the research. A 31-item questionnaire was applied to determine the effect of proactive personality on job engagement and the mediating role of innovative behavior in this effect. The survey consists of two parts. In the first part, there are statements about socio-demographic characteristics, and in the second part, there are statements about the scales. The data obtained through the questionnaire form were analyzed in the "SPSS 26.0" "AMOS 26" and "PROCESS MACRO 4.1" package program. The descriptive statistics of the research are expressed in numbers and percentages. The relationships between proactive personality, innovative behavior and work engagement were evaluated with Pearson correlation analysis. In addition, regression analyzes for hypothesis testing are included. As a result of these analyzes, it has been determined that proactive personality has an effect on work engagement and innovative behavior has a mediating role in this effect. Organizations are recommended to create a workplace that encourages innovative behavior. Other researchers are advised to investigate the effects of concepts such as authentic leadership, organizational communication skills and openness to organizational change on the relationship between variables.