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Innovation Promotion Competencies of Indian Managers: An Empirical Study


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1 Business Management (Faculty of Management Studies), Vikram University, Ujjain (M.P.), India
2 Business Management, Shri Vaishnav Institute of Management, Indore (M.P.), India
     

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This study revealed that innovation promotion competencies (IPCs) exist among Indian managers at high or moderate levels. High or moderate degree of positive correlation was found to exist among the various creative abilities (CAs), among the various innovation promotion competencies (IPCs), and also among the various CAs and IPCs. Creative abilities have positive impacts on the IPCs. Social and work environment factors in the organizations have also been found favourable to innovation promotion competencies. Social and work environment factors have positive impacts on the innovation promotion competencies in the organizations. The effectiveness of innovation adoption and diffusion is not only a function of "perceived innovation promotion competencies" but also of effective application of such competencies in practice.
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Ravindra Jain
Business Management (Faculty of Management Studies), Vikram University, Ujjain (M.P.), India
Pragya Sharma
Business Management, Shri Vaishnav Institute of Management, Indore (M.P.), India

Abstract


This study revealed that innovation promotion competencies (IPCs) exist among Indian managers at high or moderate levels. High or moderate degree of positive correlation was found to exist among the various creative abilities (CAs), among the various innovation promotion competencies (IPCs), and also among the various CAs and IPCs. Creative abilities have positive impacts on the IPCs. Social and work environment factors in the organizations have also been found favourable to innovation promotion competencies. Social and work environment factors have positive impacts on the innovation promotion competencies in the organizations. The effectiveness of innovation adoption and diffusion is not only a function of "perceived innovation promotion competencies" but also of effective application of such competencies in practice.

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