The Mediating Role of Innovation Climate in the Effect of Job Satisfaction on Employees' Sustainable Performance
Year: 2025
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: This study investigates the mediating role of innovation climate in the relationship between job satisfaction and employees’ sustainable performance. The theoretical foundations are based on Social Exchange Theory (Blau, 1964) and the Positive Organizational Behavior approach (Luthans, 2002). Although recent studies have increasingly explored the interaction among job satisfaction, innovation climate, and individual sustainable performance, few have examined these three variables within a single, integrative model. Addressing this gap, the study analyzes data collected from 411 healthcare employees in Türkiye using a quantitative survey design. Job satisfaction was measured with the short form of Brayfield & Rothe, innovation climate with Scott & Bruce’s scale, and sustainable performance with Ji, De Jonge, Peeters & Taris’s instrument. Structural validity was tested through Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA), while hypotheses were examined using Baron and Kenny’s (1986) mediation approach via PROCESS Macro Model 4 (Hayes, 2018) with 5,000 bootstrap samples and 95% confidence intervals. Findings reveal that the innovation climate partially mediates the relationship between job satisfaction and sustainable performance. In other words, job satisfaction enhances sustainable performance both directly and indirectly through an innovation-supportive organizational atmosphere. The empirical results confirm the proposed theoretical relationships and demonstrate that innovation climate functions as a critical intermediary mechanism between job satisfaction and sustainable performance. Overall, the findings suggest that employee satisfaction and innovation climate should be regarded not merely as “good management practices,” but as strategic organizational resources essential for sustaining long-term employee performance
Authors: Gökhan, UYSAL, İbrahim, FIRAT
Language: English
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W7117891669