Organizational Awareness and Participative Organizational Culture: The Effect on Proactive Behavior and Team Performance

Abstract

Organizational awareness has an important urgency in moving team performance. Team performance is not only influenced by the way in which job variables are designed and how the team is rewarded economically, is also influenced by various social and psychological variables The purpose of this study was to test the influence of organizational awareness and participative organizational culture on proactive behavior and team performance electronics manufacturers in Central Java. The technique of selecting purposive samples based on criteria of members who have joined in the work team more than six months where there are five electronics manufacturers in Central Java. Based on these criteria there are 266 members who have joined the work team in the production department, quality assurance department, logistics and supply chain management department, marketing and customer service department, and research and development department. Quantitative analysis in this study used IBM AMOS 21 program. In this research, organizational awareness and participative organizational culture has a positive effect on proactive behavior and team performance. The stronger organizational awareness and participative organizational culture will enhance proactive behavior of members to the team shows that members are able to build and maintain harmonious relationships within the team that is a prerequisite for coordination or teamwork that ultimately results in effective, creative, and quality output. The stronger the proactive behavior will increase the team's achievement boost. Proactive behavior in work has an impact in enhancing positive and coordinated synergies resulting in a higher level of performance.