Innovative work behavior Wenn man sich die Nachrichten ansieht, die Steve Jobs, die Jeff Bezos dieser Welt könnte man meinen, dass innovatives Verhalten geschlechtsspezifisch ist. Zheng, Kark & Meister (2018) proposed a theoretical model to explain how female managers differently experience and cope with agency-communion tensions.

Imran Ali looked in his study at two aspects. On the one hand personality traits and on the other hand the satisfaction with life concerning innovativeness. Ali (2018) who looked into the connection between certain character traits and innovativeness using the big-five personality traits theory found that extraversion, agreeableness and conscientiousness as well as openness

Spiegelaere et al (2018) looked at innovative work behavior and performance-related pay. The findings are ambivalent and show again that there is not one simple answer and that the context matters. Even though it might be tempting to see compensation schemes as a quick fix – it is not. This might also be the case