The indispensable phenomenon of the modern age: innovation (from the perspective of personality traits of sports sciences students)
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https://doi.org/10.47197/retos.v69.112996Keywords:
innovation, individual innovation, personality traits, sports sciences studentsAbstract
Introduction: Innovation is a concept that organizations and individuals should embrace in today's world. The innovation skills of students who will work in the sports industry according to their personality traits are curious.
Objective: The study aimed to examine the relationship between personality traits and innovation perceptions of students studying at the faculty of sport sciences.
Methodology: The research, which was designed in accordance with the relationship screening model, one of the quantitative methods, was conducted between September-October 2024. The study group consisted of 241 students (n=241) studying at Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Sport Sciences. The research data were collected with the Individual Innovativeness Scale (IIS) and the Ten-Item Personality Inventory (TIPI). Mann Whitney U and Kruskall Wallis tests were used to analyze the data that did not meet the normality assumption. The relationship analysis was tested with Spearman correlation analysis.
Results: The mean age of the students was 24.01(±1.99) and 51.9% were female. Among the personality traits of the students, “conscientiousness” trait came to the fore. Students with a low level of innovation perception were included in the “Late Majority” category. Students' independent variables, except for age, were found to be effective on innovation perceptions and personality traits.
Conclusions: As a result of the research, it is understood that personality traits play an effective role on innovation perception. It is recommended that the innovation perceptions of the students studying at the Faculties of Sport Sciences should definitely be improved and their personality traits should be taken into consideration in this regard.
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