Proactive Behavior, A New Concept in Organization’s Behavior Dimension in Iran’s Organizations

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Ferdowsi University of Mashhad

2 Professor, Department of Management, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad

Abstract

New features of today's organizations have led to the emergence of a new organizational structure called proactive behavior and to be considered as one of the important organizational behaviors. The reason for this importance is the effect that this structure has had on increasing individual, team and organizational effectiveness. Despite the proliferation of studies related to this structure, they are scattered and lack the necessary integration. In relation to reducing this gap, the present study, using a systematic review method and referring to scientific texts published in the time domain (1985-2019) has tried to clarify the conceptual concept of pioneering behavior, to count the antecedents related to this behavior. Findings led to the introduction of three types of individual, motivational and contextual antecedents with moderating variables of the intermediate group. Also, enumerating group and organizational antecedents as factors affecting individual behavior and affected by it and examining pioneering behavior in the form of longitudinal studies to reinforce the findings of this study were proposed as future directions of research.


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