Strengthening Innovative Work Behavior via Psychological Capital: A Moderated Mediation Framework

Abstract

Drawing on social cognitive theory, this study examines the mediating impact of virtual social support network between psychological capital and innovative work behavior and the moderating impact of resistance to digitalization between psychological capital and virtual social support network. Multisource, multiwave data (N=365) were collected from faculty of medical colleges and universities of Pakistan. PROCESS macro-Hayes (Model 4 and 7) were applied to confirm the hypotheses. The results indicate that psychological capital is significantly associated with innovative work behavior, with virtual social support and resistance to digitalization observed as a mediator and boundary condition, respectively. Moderated mediation analysis confirmed the collective effects of psychological capital, virtual social support, and resistance to digitalization on innovative work behavior. The findings suggest that health teaching institutes should provide psychological capital to their faculty to promote virtual social support and innovative work behavior. This study provides healthcare policymakers with insights into mitigating resistance to digitalization risk.