Employees' Perceptions of Individual-Level Determinants of Workplace Risk-Taking Propensity: Evidence from Lusaka City Council and the Development of the Employee Risk-Taking Propensity Framework (ERTPF)

Employees' willingness to undertake constructive workplace risks is increasingly recognised as an important contributor to organisational innovation, adaptability and effective public service delivery. However, descriptive evidence regarding employees' perceptions of the individual-level factors associated with workplace risk-taking propensity remains limited within public-sector organisations in developing countries, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa. This study examined employees' perceptions of personality traits, needs satisfaction and self-efficacy in relation to workplace risk-taking propensity among formal employees of Lusaka City Council, Zambia. Based on the descriptive findings, the study developed the Employee Risk-Taking Propensity Framework (ERTPF) as an integrated behavioural framework for understanding employees' workplace risk-taking propensity.

Employees' workplace risk-taking propensity; personality traits; needs satisfaction; self-efficacy

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