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@article{157945,
        author = {Anuj Bhargava and Mahesh MV and Ankit Gupta},
        title = {Role of personal anxiety in individual kaizen behaviour and performance },
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {},
        volume = {9},
        number = {8},
        pages = {297-304},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=157945},
        abstract = {Purpose- This research paper examines the role of personal anxiety on the individual kaizen behavior (workload, work-life balance) of knowledge workers. Also, it includes how anxiety, workload, and job insecurity impacts the kaizen’s performance(knowledge management)
Design/Methodology- The data were obtained from a survey of 40 employees of three companies and then analyzed using Regression Analysis
Findings- The results show that anxiety has a significantly positive effect on individual kaizen behavior. Anxiety positively influences knowledge workers’ initiative and perseverance but has a significant positive effect on kaizen performance. Job insecurity negatively impacts knowledge workers’ performance.
Originality/Value- – This study contributes to kaizen and continuous improvement using motivation and incentive theory by focusing on individual kaizen, which is considered to be as important as knowledge worker-level kaizen, and investigating the relevance of personal anxiety in individual kaizen behaviors and kaizen performance.
},
        keywords = {Workload, Worklife balance, Job insecurity, Continuous improvement, Individual kaizen, Personal Anxiety.},
        month = {},
        }