Development of the Motivation to Innovate Inventory: An Inclusion-Focused Interdisciplinary Innovation Promotion Research Tool

• In Event: AERA Poster Session 6
  In Poster Session: Motivation in Education SIG Poster Session: Process, Methods, and Outcomes

Abstract

There has been a surge in recent literature recognizing the importance of discovering the motivations of innovators as a means of promoting this necessary source of renewal. At present, however, this wave has not yet yielded an instrument that assesses the supporting and hindering motivational dynamics underpinning innovation at the levels of individuals. In the face of this lingering need, this instrument development study yielded an inclusive, psychometrically-sound inventory useful in multiple disciplines to assess the factors impacting motivation to innovate across educational and workplace contexts. It was developed with the critique and support of expert scholars and innovators to be useful for individual innovators, decision-makers, and educators as they consider reforms to existing practices to promote innovative behaviour.

Author

• Eleftherios Kyprianos Soleas, Queen's University