Although job resources are widely recognised as important drivers of employee innovation, limited research has explained how such resources translate into innovative work behaviour through educators’ internal psychological conditions. Grounded in the Job Demands-Resources (JD-R) framework, this study investigates the effect of job resources on innovative work behaviour and examines the mediating role of psychological wellbeing among Indonesian educators. Using a quantitative cross-sectional design, data were collected from 328 educators working in Indonesian schools and analysed through Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM). The results show that job resources have a significant positive effect on innovative work behaviour and on psychological wellbeing. Psychological wellbeing also has a significant positive effect on innovative work behaviour and partially mediates the relationship between job resources and innovative work behaviour. These findings contribute to the JD-R literature by demonstrating that the innovation-enhancing role of job resources operates not only through direct motivational support but also through improved psychological wellbeing.
Tilova et al. (Sat,) studied this question.