Examining the Influence of Perceived Organizational Support, Personality, and Creativity on Innovation: An Empirical Study at Indonesian Public Elementary Schools.

Abstract

Purpose. Teacher innovation plays an important role in improving student learning processes and outcomes. This research aimed to examine a few factors like perceived organizational support (POS), personality and creativity, that influenced teacher innovation. Methodology. This research applied a survey method and used questionnaires to collect data. The data was collected from a sample of 155 teachers from 32 public elementary schools in South Tangerang City. The PLS-SEM was used to analyze the direct and indirect influences of POS, personality and creativity on innovation. Findings. This research findings showed that POS, personality and creativity had significant direct influences on innovation. Personality had a significant indirect influence on innovation through creativity. POS had a non-significant indirect influence on innovation through creativity. Implications to Research and Practice. This research recommends that it is necessary to strengthen POS, personality and creativity, to increase teacher innovation.