The only way for the organization, to become more innovative is to capitalize on their employees’ ability to create and to innovate. The purpose of this study is to understand the impact of demographic factors on innovative work behavior... more
The only way for the organization, to become more innovative is to capitalize on their employees’ ability to create and to innovate. The purpose of this study is to understand the impact of demographic factors on innovative work behavior of engineers, working for 5th Highway Directorate in Turkey. The seven-item scale was used to assess employee innovative behaviors at the workplace. As a result most rated item by engineers, “I try to follow new techniques related to my job” is found. Furthermore, it is tested whether there are differences in the level of innovative work behaviors that can be attributed to demographic characteristics such as age, gender, experience, foreign language skills and found no significant differences according to demographic variables. The only significant difference has been found between positions of engineers and innovative work behavior.
