The Effect of Psychological Well-Being and Servant Leadership on Employee Performance with Innovative Work Behavior as a Mediating Variable: A Study on Employees of a Men’s Grooming FMCG Company

Kevin Kantata Rahiba; Riedel Paulus Jacobis; Eko Wahjudi; Nurul Indawati

doi:10.55927/ministal.v5i3.17

Authors

Kevin Kantata Rahiba Universitas Negeri Surabaya
Riedel Paulus Jacobis Universitas Negeri Surabaya
Eko Wahjudi Universitas Negeri Surabaya
Nurul Indawati Universitas Negeri Surabaya

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.55927/ministal.v5i3.17

Keywords:

Psychological Well-being, Servant Leadership, Innovative Work Behavior, Employee Performance, PLS-SEM

Abstract

This study examines the effect of psychological well-being and servant leadership on employee performance, with innovative work behavior as a mediating variable, in a men’s grooming FMCG company in Surabaya. Data were collected from a saturated sample of 46 employees in early 2026 and analysed with partial least squares structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM). The results show that psychological well-being has a negative effect on performance, servant leadership has a positive effect on performance, and innovative work behavior has a positive and significant effect on performance. Both psychological well-being and servant leadership have a positive and significant effect on innovative work behavior. Innovative work behavior mediates the effect of psychological well-being positively and significantly, and the effect of servant leadership positively.

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