Relationships among individual-level correlates of innovation
International Journal of Innovation Science
ISSN: 1757-2223
Article publication date: 8 January 2019
Issue publication date: 24 May 2019
Abstract
Purpose
This paper aims to investigate relationships among correlates of individual innovative activity: creativity, innovativeness, novelty seeking and intelligence.
Design/methodology/approach
Data were collected from 202 students of the Higher School of Economics (123 females and 79 males).
Findings
The findings revealed significant relations between intelligence and fluency of participants’ creative performances, as well as novelty seeking and innovativeness.
Research limitations/implications
Limitations include the correlation design, the sample of students and the self-reported measures for novelty seeking and innovativeness.
Practical implications
The paper proposes a number of implications for researchers and practitioners who deal with innovation. The results of the study can be applied to various procedures and stages of innovation management.
Originality/value
The study contributes to knowledge on psychological correlates of innovation on an individual level, such as creativity, innovativeness, novelty seeking and intelligence, as well as produces an empirically validated model of the relationships among them.
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Acknowledgements
This research was supported by the Program of Basic Research at the National Research University Higher School of Economics.
Citation
Yagolkovskiy, S. (2020), "Relationships among individual-level correlates of innovation", International Journal of Innovation Science, Vol. 11 No. 2, pp. 196-207. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJIS-12-2017-0133
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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