Exploring innovation in healthcare: the mediating role of safety perception between organizational climate and innovative work behavior

A more suitable organizational climate needs to be created for healthcare workers to be able to exhibit innovative work behaviors. Employees who meet their professional and work requirements in a safe workplace in peace will be able to exhibit more innovative behaviors. In this context, this study investigates the impact of healthcare personnel's perceptions of organizational climate in public hospitals on their innovative work behaviors. Furthermore, it seeks to determine whether perceptions of safety indirectly influence this relationship. The study used convenience sampling and a survey method to collect data from 202 healthcare workers employed in Artvin Province, T & uuml;rkiye. The results of the analysis revealed, that perceptions of organizational climate positively and significantly influence innovative work behaviors ((sic) = 0.529, 95 % CI [0.425, 0.685]). A notable finding of the study is that perceptions of organizational climate exert a significant and substantial indirect effect on innovative work behaviors ((sic) = 0.184, 95 % CI [0.055, 0.2966]) through safety perceptions.