The Effects of Positive Psychological Capital on the Creative Behavior of Employees in Korean Public Organizations: Focusing on the Moderating Role of Innovation-Oriented Culture

Despite much emphasis on the innovation within public organizations, Korean public officials tend not to get motivated to behave creatively and innovatively. Considering positive psychological capital is the key to motivate public officials, this paper examines its relationship with innovation-oriented culture and creative behavior of the Korean public sector employees. The results show that the subcomponents of positive psychological capital impact on creative behaviors in part and the infulence is moderated according by innovation-oriented culture. This study provides a research implication that comprehensive access to both the psychological factors in an individual level and the cultural factors in an organizational level are needed in order to improve systematic national human resources development and management in public organizations in Korea where Confucian values are deeply embedded.