Beyond Resilience: Employee Antifragility as a Mechanism Linking Workplace Fun and Organizational Familiarity to Innovative Work Behavior in Higher Education

Wiliam Wiliam; Hendry Hendry; Siti Alhamra Salqaura; Nasib Nasib; Elyzabeth Wijaya

doi:10.32535/ijabim.v11i2.4615

Beyond Resilience: Employee Antifragility as a Mechanism Linking Workplace Fun and Organizational Familiarity to Innovative Work Behavior in Higher Education

Wiliam Wiliam, Hendry Hendry, Siti Alhamra Salqaura, Nasib Nasib, Elyzabeth Wijaya

Abstract

Employee innovative work behavior is a crucial factor in enhancing academic competitiveness in higher education institutions. This study examines the effects of workplace fun and organizational familiarity on innovative work behavior, with employee antifragility as a mediating variable. A quantitative survey was conducted among 143 permanent lecturers of Prima Indonesia University selected from a population of 712 lecturers using proportional random sampling. Data were analyzed using Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM). The results indicate that employee antifragility significantly influences innovative work behavior (b = 0.521; p < 0.001). Workplace fun significantly affects employee antifragility (b = 0.412; p < 0.001) and innovative work behavior (b = 0.285; p = 0.001). Organizational familiarity also significantly influences employee antifragility (b = 0.398; p < 0.001) and innovative work behavior (b = 0.276; p = 0.001). Furthermore, employee antifragility partially mediates the relationship between workplace fun and innovative work behavior (b = 0.215; p < 0.001), as well as between organizational familiarity and innovative work behavior (b = 0.207; p < 0.001). These findings confirm that both workplace fun and organizational familiarity contribute to innovative work behavior directly and indirectly through employee antifragility.

Keywords

Employee Antifragility; Higher Education; Innovative Work Behavior; Organizational Familiarity; Workplace Fun

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.32535/ijabim.v11i2.4615