Promotion of Proactive Behavior in Government Officers in the Eastern Region: A Multilevel Model with Mixed Methods Analysis

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to develop and validate the proactive behaviors measurement model, and to develop and promote proactive behaviors for Government Officers. 500 randomly sampled participants from Government Offices in the Eastern Region were split into 100 groups. A five-level rating scale questionnaire was validated with second-order confirmatory factor analysis using Mplus program. 2) Seven experts used a semi-structured questionnaire to conduct in-depth interviews, content analysis, and data description. The developed multi-level model was consistent with empirical data. The developed proactive behavior multi-level measurement model indicated that the proactive behaviors of Government Officers in the Eastern Region consisted of four factors: Personal Initiative, Preemptive Personality, Taking Charge, and Role Breadth Self–Efficacy respectively. The promotion of proactive behavior in Government Officers in the Eastern Region should be based on priority: within-level in Personal initiative and between-level in Proactive personality.