Digital competency and self-efficacy as drivers of innovative behavior among displaced workers in post-pandemic Indonesia

Jurnal Konseling dan Pendidikan May 07, 2025 Volume 13, Number 1 5 authors

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated digital transformation in the world of work, requiring individuals to have qualified digital competencies and high innovative capacity. This study aims to analyze the relationship between self-efficacy and digital competence on innovative behavior, with absorptive capacity as a mediating variable. This study also responds to the literature gap regarding the mediating role of absorptive capacity in the post-pandemic context. A quantitative approach was used with a survey method of 250 respondents. Data were analyzed using Partial Least Square Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) technique. The results showed that self-efficacy and digital competence have a positive and significant effect on innovative behavior. Absorptive capacity was shown to mediate the relationship between self-efficacy and innovative behavior, but did not mediate the relationship between digital competence and innovative behavior. These findings provide important practical implications for organizations in strengthening a post-pandemic culture of innovation. This research highlights the importance of building self-efficacy, increasing digital competence and strengthening absorptive capacity to foster innovative adaptation amid digital disruption.

Authors

  1. Eduard Sinaga

    Doctoral Students, Human Resource Development Program, Postgraduate School, Airlangga University, Surabaya

  2. Suparto Wijoyo

    Doctoral Students, Human Resource Development Program, Postgraduate School, Airlangga University, Surabaya

  3. Yetty Dwi Lestary

    Doctoral Students, Human Resource Development Program, Postgraduate School, Airlangga University, Surabaya

  4. Adrid Indaryanto

    Doctoral Students, Human Resource Development Program, Postgraduate School, Airlangga University, Surabaya

  5. Bambang Dwi Harijadi

    Doctoral Students, Human Resource Development Program, Postgraduate School, Airlangga University, Surabaya

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