THE INFLUENCE OF EMPLOYEE PSYCHOLOGICAL CAPITAL ON THE ABILITY TO INNOVATE IN TECHNOLOGY OF UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS TECHNOLOGY FOR INDUSTRIES

Abstract

Research to determine the influence of employee psychological capital on the ability to innovate in technology in the work of University of Economics Technology for Industries, through interviews, investigations, and surveys of leaders, managers, staff and lecturers collective working and teaching at the school. By research methods such as descriptive statistics, scale reliability analysis, exploratory factor analysis, regression analysis were used through the support of SPSS 20 software, from which to test hypothesis four elements of psychological capital: how self-confidence, hope, optimism and resilience affect the ability to innovate. From there, the study proposes some managerial implications that can be applied in the behavior of psychological capital, in order to improve the ability to innovate at work at the University of Economics Technology for Industries.