A Study of the Structural Relationship between Innovation Driver Types, Employees’ Self-Efficacy, Job Enthusiasm, and Innovation Performance in Hotel Company

The purpose of this study is test to the structural relationships of innovation driver types, self-efficacy, job enthusiasm, innovation performance. To accomplish the study goals, a field survey was conducted on the employees working in the deluxe hotels in Seoul area. The statistical tools to be undertaken in this research were frequency analysis, correlation analysis, confirmatory factor analysis and covariance analysis using the statistical package of SPSS(18.0) and AMOS(18.0). The results of this study could be summarized as follows; First, the innovation driver types(innovative culture, leadership, resource support) has a positively affects the level of hotel employees' self-efficacy. Second, the innovation driver types(innovative culture, leadership, resource support) has a positively affects the level of hotel employees' job enthusiasm. Third, the innovation driver types(innovative culture, leadership, resource support) has a positively affects the level of hotel employees' innovation performance. Fourth, the self-efficacy have a positively affects the level of hotel employees' job enthusiasm. Fifth, the self-efficacy have a positively affects the level of hotel employees' innovation performance. In the last chapter, the paper concludes with discussions and the managerial implications for the effective personnel policies.