Determinants of Innovation Speed towards Innovation Performance among Factory Workers in Malaysia

Abstract

The study aims to determine the relationships between the determinants of innovation speed and their impact on innovation performance among Malaysia's manufacturing industry employees. A purposive sampling technique was adopted, and 123 completed survey forms were received for further examination. The findings revealed that, except for autonomy, other determinants such as creativity, self-leadership, innovativeness, risk-taking, and proactiveness significantly impacted innovation speed. In addition, innovation speed significantly influenced the employees' innovation performance. Future research should focus on other factors that may influence the speed of innovation in different industries and how they affect different levels of the organizations. Keywords: Creativity; Innovativeness; Innovation Speed; Performance; Self-leadership eISSN: 2398-4287© 2022. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians/Africans/Arabians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. DOI https://doi.org/10.21834/ebpj.v7iSI9.4316