Nazva Abiya, Jawa Barat
E-mail: nazva.abiya@gmail.com
Abstract
The topic of the millennial generation in the workplace has driven attention as members of this cohort have formed a growing increase in organisations. Due to the significant number of millennial workers in the future, they are also expected to contribute to organization success. Studies have acknowledged the important role of employee innovative work behavior in facilitating innovations at organizations. This behavior is also influenced by organizational settings, such as the leadership style. Compared to the traditional leadership styles, servant leadership is expected to change the hierarchical perspective by focusing on managing employees through considerate action and caring. This research proposes and tests the effect of servant leadership on work engagement and innovative work behavior. This study also examines the mediating role of work engagement on innovative work behavior. The study employed a quantitative design using surveys to 204 millennial respondents from various work sectors in Indonesia. The results show that servant leadership will positively and significantly affect innovative behavior. The finding further showed that work engagement has a partial mediating effect on the relationship between servant leadership and employee innovative work behavior.
Keywords
Education, Servant Leadership
