ORGANIZATIONAL Climate and Innovativeness as Predictors of Employee Resilience among Micro and Small Enterprises in Cateel, Davao ORIENTAL

Abstract

Employee resilience in micro and small enterprises (MSEs) present variety of complex problems. This study aimed to determine how organizational climate and organizational innovativeness predict employee resilience. A quantitative method was used in the study with 250 purposely chosen MSEs employees in Cateel, Davao Oriental as respondents. Results showed that the level of organizational climate micro and small enterprises in Cateel, Davao Oriental is often favorable. Additionally, the level of organizational innovativeness is often practiced. Also, the level of employee resilience among micro and small enterprises is often manifested. The result indicate that employees within the organization possess strong adaptive coping skills and the ability to bounce back from challenges and setbacks effectively. Further, organizational climate was found to have significant correlation with employee resilience. While, organizational innovativeness was also found to have significant correlation with employee resilience. On one hand, organizational climate has a significant influence on employee resilience. Also, organizational innovativeness on its single capacity has a significant influence on employee resilience. The result implies that 45.3% of the variation in employee resilience can be explained by the combined influence of organizational climate and organizational innovativeness.