Autonomy orientation, prosocial motivation and IWB

The aim of this study is to examine how dispositional autonomy is associated with IWB through the mediating effect of both creativity and prosocial motivation, thereby offering initial evidence for potential explanatory mechanisms of how more autonomous forms of motivation are associated with IWB.A cross sectional study was conducted in Greece and Canada and employees (N = 528) completed assessments of causality orientation at work, prosocial motivation, creativity and innovative work behavior (IWB) Results Autonomy orientation, creativity and prosocial motivation were positively associated with IWB whereas controlled and impersonal orientations were negatively associated with IWB. Mediation analyses showed that creativity and prosocial motivation mediated the relationship between causality orientations and innovative work behavior.