ATTITUDE TOWARDS INNOVATION AMONG REPRESENTATIVES OF VARIOUS GENERATIONS OF RUSSIAN PEOPLE

2015. No. 44.

Fedotova (Goldyreva) V.

The paper demonstrates the results of a study which aimed to identify the relationship between individual values and attitude towards innovation. 380 respondents, young and adult representatives of the Russian population, took part in the research. The respondents belonged to the younger generation (under 25 years old) or to the adult generation (over 45 years old). The principal instrument used was the method of questionnaires. The methodic inventory consists of three main blocks oriented to the study of the following constructs: the PVQ-R method of measuring individual values (Schwartz et al., 2011) and the method of “Self-assessment of innovative qualities of a personality” (Lebedeva, Tatarko, 2009).The goal of the research is to reveal the age differences in values and attitudes towards innovation, and to find out which values determine positive or negative attitude towards innovations among representatives of different generations of Russians. The younger generation values " Self-Direction Thought", "Stimulation", "Achievement", " Power Dominance" stimulate the adoption of innovations.

Keywords: культурные ценности, инновации, отношение к инновациям, индивидуальные ценности, attitude towards innovation, basic individual values, cultural values, Innovations

Publication based on the results of: Ценности и представления о деловой этике, как предикторы позитивного или негативного отношения к инновациям у представителей разных поколений россиян (2015)