stdClass Object ( [id] => 17860 [paper_index] => 202510-10-024445 [title] => BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT AS A PREDICTOR OF EMPLOYEE INNOVATIVE WORK BEHAVIOUR IN THE BOTTLING INDUSTRY IN THE SOUTH-WEST, NIGERIA [description] => [author] => Adesanya Atinuke Regina (PhD), Adeyeye Ajibayo Victor (PhD) , Tairu Ayinde Olaseni [googlescholar] => [doi] => [year] => 2025 [month] => October [volume] => 11 [issue] => 10 [file] => fm/jpanel/upload/2025/October/202510-10-024445.pdf [abstract] => The study examined the business environment as a predictor of employee innovative work behaviour in the bottling industry in the south-west, Nigeria. The demand in the business environment is a collection of all internal and external factors that enhance the performance of employees’ innovative work behaviour by developing new ideas, thoughts, and skills for future jobs The study aimed to examine how the business environment influences employees’ innovative work behaviour in the Bottling Industry in South-West, Nigeria. The study adopted a survey research design. The population of the study comprised top management and contract staff in three different bottling industry in South-West, which resulting in a total population of two thousand two hundred and eighty (2280) and using Yamane's (1967) formula to derive a sample size of three hundred and fifty (350) from the population. The study adopted a random sampling technique in selecting the sample from the population. The reliability of the research instrument was assessed using the Cronbach’s Alpha coefficient, while the validity was assessed using content and face validity. The study found that, there is a moderate positive relationship between business environment and employees’ innovative work behaviour (R = 0.608); this implies that the business environment contributes to the development of the employees' innovative work behaviour at work. The study concluded that the business environment has a positive relationship with employees’ innovative work behaviour which provide the essential factors in improving employees’ innovation at work, and therefore, recommended that the management system should create a conducive work environment and also provide necessary facilities to enhance the productivity and performance of employees’ innovative work behaviour in the bottling industry in South-West Nigeria. [keywords] => Behaviour, Business, Employee, Environment, Innovative and Work [doj] => 2025-10-20 [hit] => [status] => [award_status] => P [orderr] => 1 [journal_id] => 10 [googlesearch_link] => [edit_on] => [is_status] => 1 [journalname] => International Journal of Global Economic Light (JGEL) [short_code] => IJEP [eissn] => 2250-2017 [pissn] => [home_page_wrapper] => images/products_image/7.JGEL.png ) Error fetching PDF file.