International Journal of
Innovation, Management and Technology

Abstract

The importance of innovation is widely consideredto be of peak importance for today´s enterprises. However, theunderstanding of one key element leading towards innovationseems to be neglected in scientific research: The innovativework behavior of individuals. Since Scott and Bruceinvestigated the determinants and introduced a path model ofindividual innovative work behavior twenty years ago (Scottand Bruce, 1994) much time has passed. New and upcomingtrends in management, society and culture therefor could not beconsidered but influence the concept.<br>This conceptual literature review therefor identifies,evaluates, aggregates and classifies the developments andtrends from 2020 and 2021 regarding innovative work behavior.This study analyzed 41 journal articles, which further cited3,609 publications as references, in EBSCO and Elsevier. Thefocus of the literature review was studies published in 2020 and2021 and analyses that covered the topic of individualinnovative behavior. The defined research objectives wereframed by setting conceptual boundaries. Data was collected byusing inclusion/exclusion criteria to then validate and manuallyreview the research results.<br>The results of this review suggest that firstly there is a changevisible of the definition of the term itself, which has alsoinfluenced the scales being used to be reviewed or shifting. Inaddition the review shows how changes in working andmanaging enterprises effect innovative work behavior. Theycan be grouped into the three areas: role and impact of culture,societal trends and new management trends. Thus the effects ofmindfulness, transformational leadership, usage of social media,or corporate social responsibility on innovative work behaviorare better understood.<br>This conceptual literature research connects and aggregatesthe various tendencies and supports new measurement modelsintroduced which might help to identify possible causes of thesediscrepancies and provide direction for further research.Thereby this conceptual literature review thus sheds light onwhat otherwise seems to be a familiar concept.