Determinants of students' innovation in Higher Education

Bibliographic Data

ID4098704
AuthorsP Martins (0000-0003-3753-3751), P Martin (0000-0002-9744-4964), Pilar Martín-Hernández (0000-0001-5864-2901, Universidad de Zaragoza, corresponding author), Klemen Potočnik (0000-0003-0734-5733, University of Edinburgh), A B Fras, Ana Fras (Universidad de Zaragoza)
Year2017
Volume42
Issue7
Pages1229-1243
Publication date2017-07-03
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueStudies in Higher Education (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0307-5079 • E-ISSN: 1470-174X
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/03075079.2015.1087993
OpenAlexW2212325459
LanguageEN
Citations received13
References cited51

Innovation in the workplace has been claimed to be a key factor in organizational survival and success. As future workers, university students are a major source of future innovations in organizational settings. Before they enter the labour market, it is in the context of Higher Education that they start developing some of their long-term behaviours, such as innovation behaviours. This study aims to explore the main determinants of university students’ innovation behaviours from a longitudinal perspective. The sample comprised 78 students of Psychology, Management, Fine Arts and Education. The results of this study show that previous innovation behaviours as freshmen, current levels of autonomy and cognitive demands are positively related to individual innovation among university students. Practical implications regarding how to foster innovation efforts in the context of Higher Education are discussed

Autonomy · Higher education · Pedagogy · Political science · Sociology · Creativity in Education and Neuroscience · Education and Professional Development · Educational Methods and Teacher Development · Psychology

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