The Relationship between Perceived Support and Innovative Behavior: Analyzing the Mediating Role of Work Engagement

This study reconnoiters the relationship between perceived support andindividual innovative behavior at the workplace built on Social Exchange Theory andJob Demands-Resources model. In this research, perceived support was measured viaorganizational, supervisor, peer support through a multilevel lens. Furthermore, themediator role of work engagement was questioned in the link between perceivedsupport and work engagement. To achieve these, data obtained from a total number of203 employees in five different firms operating in two separate Technoparks located inAnkara, Turkey. According to the results, perceived support of organization, supervisorand peer have significant positive effects on innovative behavior. Among thedimensions, most important affect was recorded by perceived organizational support.Also, it was indicated that work engagement had a partial mediator effect on therelationship between perceived support and innovative behavior