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Empirical Indicators of Innovative Readiness of the Population: Experience of the Application of the Bogardus Scale

In: Sustainable Growth and Development of Economic Systems

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  • A. V. Rostova

    (Togliatti State University)

  • Y. A. Urgalkin

    (Samara State University of Economics)

Abstract

The study analyzes the possibilities of applying the Bogardus scale for analyzing the population’s readiness to adopt innovations. The study used Bogardus scale, which was adapted for the purpose of scientific research to study the innovative openness of the population. Theoretical and methodological principles of the value and activity approaches and the theory of everyday life and the phenomenological paradigm were used as a theoretical and methodological basis. Based on adapted Bogardus scale, the following indicators are defined and used: innovative openness, acceptability, isolation, and restraint. The index of innovative readiness of the population of the Samara region is determined, and also the socio-demographic characteristics of each of their groups of the respondents are analyzed. The dominance of innovative isolation among the inhabitants of the region and the lack of interrelation between socio-demographic characteristics and the level of openness to innovation have been revealed. The scientific novelty of the research consists in isolating four main positions in the population structure: openness, acceptability, isolation, and restraint in relation to innovations. According to the research results, in general, the population is characterized by innovative isolation, which indicates an understanding of the inevitability of changes in the life of the country and the city, but the unwillingness to accept changes in one’s own life. The weak influence of socio-demographic characteristics on the degree of openness of the population to innovation indicates, on the one hand, the homogeneity of the population’s attitudes, and on the other, on deeper mechanisms of determination. The main provisions and conclusions of the study can be used in scientific and pedagogical activity when considering questions about the openness of the population of the region to innovations.

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  • A. V. Rostova & Y. A. Urgalkin, 2019. "Empirical Indicators of Innovative Readiness of the Population: Experience of the Application of the Bogardus Scale," Contributions to Economics, in: Svetlana Ashmarina & Marek Vochozka (ed.), Sustainable Growth and Development of Economic Systems, pages 135-142, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:conchp:978-3-030-11754-2_10
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-11754-2_10
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    1. Stefania Tusini, 2022. "A temporal perspective to empirically investigate the concept of social distance," Quality & Quantity: International Journal of Methodology, Springer, vol. 56(6), pages 4421-4435, December.

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