Title:
PRO-INNOVATION ATTITUDES OF EMPLOYESS OF SELECTED LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS, AS WELL AS THE BARRIERS AND THE STIMULI OF INNOVATION PROCESSES IN THE LIGHT OF THE AUTHOR'S RESEARCH FINDINGS

Authors:
Adam Oleksiuk

Volume - 2 Issue - 1, Pages - 2105-2119

Abstract:
Examination of the issues of innovations in the public sector requires consideration of proinnovation attitudes of employees. Innovation in the public sector depends upon numerous factors, some of which have a positive impact on the process of innovation (they can be called the catalysts for innovation or development), while others have a negative impact (these are called the barriers). The author's empirical research presented in the study focuses on proinnovation attitudes of employees of selected local government units (knowledge of selected aspects related to innovation, of innovative nature, readiness for actions in a specific local aspect), as well as on barriers and catalysts of innovation processes. The study has been carried out on a sample of 158 people, by means of questionnaire interviews conducted electronically with representatives of local administration. For the purpose of this research, the respondents - employees of local government units of two cities in Spain (Madrid, Valencia) and Poland (Warsaw, Cracow) - have been confronted with a number of statements relating to the issues of innovative activities. Analysis of the provided answers indicates that Spanish and Polish respondents show a positive attitude towards innovation and processes of innovative nature more frequently than negative or neutral attitudes in the issues constituting the subject matter of the study.

Cite this Article:

[Oleksiuk, Adam. "PRO-INNOVATION ATTITUDES OF EMPLOYESS OF SELECTED LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS, AS WELL AS THE BARRIERS AND THE STIMULI OF INNOVATION PROCESSES IN THE LIGHT OF THE AUTHOR'S RESEARCH FINDINGS." International Journal of Social Science & Economic Research 2.1 (2017): 2105-119.]