Understanding Innovative Work Behavior Among Vocational High School Teachers: A Qualitative Study
Keywords:
Innovative work behavior, Vocational school teachers, Private schools, Qualitative researchAbstract
This study aims to find out the description of innovative work behavior in private vocational school teachers. This study uses a descriptive qualitative approach with participants as many as 12 private vocational high school teachers in Surabaya. Data was collected through in-depth interviews and analyzed using four stages of qualitative analysis, namely familiarization, data reduction, data display, and report writing. The results of the study show that the dimensions of idea exploration, idea generation, and idea championing are in the good category. Teachers show high initiative in exploring and producing ideas, as well as actively promoting innovative ideas to peers and school leaders. However, the dimension of idea implementation is not optimal, which is characterized by doubts and limitations of teachers in realizing ideas due to the lack of courage to implement. These findings indicate the need for structural and psychological support to encourage the realization of innovative ideas in the school environment. This research is expected to be the basis for the development of teacher training policies and programs that are more contextual and adaptive to today's vocational education challenges.References
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