The Influence of Organizational Identity on Employees’ Work Competence: The Mediating Role of Improvisational Behavior

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of organizational identity on employees' workability in the Chinese art education industry and the mediating role of improvisational behavior in this context. Although the role of organizational identity and improvisational behavior has been extensively researched by scholars, little attention has been paid to the relationship between organizational identity and improvisational behavior on the work competence of employees in the arts education industry. Survey data were collected from 507 employees teaching art education in different regions of China. Quantitative research methods were used to test the research hypotheses and structural equation modeling was used to analyze the data. Organizational identity is positively related to employees' work competence, organizational identity is positively related to improvisational behavior, and improvisational behavior is positively related to employees' work competence, and improvisational behavior plays a mediating role between organizational identity and employees' work competence. This study shows that organizational identity is an important factor in employee motivation this study shows that organizational identity is an important factor for employee motivation, and also shows the mediating mechanism of improvisational behavior between organizational identity and employee work competence.