Received 15.10.2024, Revised 21.01.2025, Accepted 25.03.2025
The researcher’s attention to the importance of innovative climate to drive performance increases along with the complex competitiveness of the organisation. This study aimed to analyse the influence of innovation climate and motivation on employee performance through innovative behaviour as a mediating variable. The respondents of this study were 170 junior high and senior high school teachers in East Lampung Province. This study used a quantitative paradigm, by conducting a survey through distributing questionnaires to respondents, and then conducting quantitative analysis with SPSS. The results of the study indicated that an innovation climate is able to drive innovative work behaviour, motivation is able to drive employee performance, and innovative work behaviour can drive performance. However, this research was unable to prove the direct influence of the innovation climate on performance. The innovation climate can affect performance through the mediation effect of innovative behaviour. Additionally, this study did not prove that employee motivation can drive innovative work behaviour. Similarly, innovative work behaviour is not proven to mediate the influence of motivation on employee performance. The results of this study provided implications for the important role of innovative work behaviour as a mediator in explaining the influence of innovation climate on performance in organisations. This study suggested that to enhance employee performance, organisations must foster a supportive innovation climate, as innovative work behaviour serves as a crucial mediator between innovation climate and performance. Furthermore, methods to enhance motivation should be complemented by initiatives to cultivate a conducive environment, thereby encouraging employees to innovate within the workplace
impact of motivation; organisational innovation; workplace innovation; work innovations; work environment
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