INNOVATIVE BEHAVIOR IN PUBLIC SECTOR: KNOWLEDGE SHARING, TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP AND INTRINSIC MOTIVATION

Abstract

Today, in the public sector, the development of new ideas and innovation are paramount and inevitable. This phenomenon is attributable to the role of government servants as engine to national growth and rapid global technological development. Building from the transformation leadership model of inspirational leadership, intellectual stimulation and individualised consideration, and the importance of knowledge sharing and intrinsic motivation, the study aims to examine how these factors determine innovative behavior among government servants. The results of the survey indicate knowledge sharing, intellectual stimulation and intrinsic motivation are significant determinants of innovative behavior. The study is significance to spur greater innovativeness among government servants and the findings could be used as a strategy to inculcate inter and intra-innovations as public sector is the driving agent for achieving the national agenda.