Work engagement, innovation and the context of work: a study in public universities

Abstract

In a changing environment, organizations can be competitive investing in innovation and on the engagement of their employees, which became an interesting subject to organizational psychologist researchers.

This study aims to understand how employees’ perception about their contractual stability influence their behaviors, in two public universities: one Portuguese and one Brazilian.

The results presented are part of a larger project which intends to analyze the relations between work engagement, innovative behavior and contextual and social-demographic variables, in the context of public employment.