Innovative Work Behavior in Healthcare Institutions: Drivers, Barriers, And Organisational Outcomes – A Thematic Literature Review
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: : This paper presents a thematic emulsion of over thirty empirical studies (2020 – 2025) examining Innovative Work Behaviour (IWB) in healthcare. It integrates the tone-determination proposition and job institutional issues. The review identifies harmonious drivers, including transformational and green transformational leadership, structural commission, diversity climate, job casting, and supportive invention climates, which together promote idea generation, creation, and consummation. Pivotal walls are also synthesized resource constraints, hierarchical societies, shy leadership support, limited invention knowledge, staff resistance, and lack of forums for hand-driven invention — challenges that are amplified in low-resource surroundings. Empirical validation suggests that IWB improves care quality, process effectiveness, organizational rigidity, demand productivity, and staff engagement when supported by enabling structures and incentives. Notwithstanding, most primary studies are cross-sectional and concentrated in high- and middle-income countries, which limits their transferability to settings like Nigeria, where high case-to-staff ratios and fragile structures prevail. Thematic emulsion is shown to be a rigorous system for integrating behavioural invention validation and exposing methodological gaps. Practical recommendations include fostering inclusive, low-bureaucracy societies, leadership training, commissioning resources and decision-making authority, invention forums, and policy initiatives. Future research should prioritize longitudinal and mixed-style studies in low-resource settings to unpack terrain-specific mechanisms and issues. By sticking IWB within an integrated theoretical lens, the paper offers a practical roadmap for directors, policymakers, and researchers seeking to translate hand-led invention into advancements in patient care, safety, and institutional sustainability.
Author: Adesina Abraham Adetona
Institution: Baze University
Language: English
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4416468340