MEASUREMENT OF INDIVIDUAL INNOVATION COMPETENCIES: SCALE ADAPTATION STUDY

Abstract

For the last two decades, innovation concept has earned well-earned appreciation for its impact on the strategic sustainability of organizations of all kind and size. In this paper, individual innovation competencies scale as a product of European Union Erasmus Project FINCODA applied in Turkish context to promote the individual level competency of innovation with five dimensions measurement consistency and validity. The study was conducted in the light of the data obtained from two different sample groups (n =145, n = 346).The results of confirmatory factor analysis confirmed the original five factor structure of FINCODA. The Cronbach's alpha coefficient was ,93 for the first sample and ,92 for the second sample. Added to this, the structures of the factors have been found valid.