The relationship between training and innovation activities in enterprises

We examine the relationship between enterprises’ use of employee training (or education) as a method to stimulate new ideas or creativity among their staff and enterprises’ innovation activities. A data set of 5204 Norwegian enterprises is used. Based on correlation coefficients, we find a positive...

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Published in:International journal of training and development 2017-06, Vol.21 (2), p.113-129
Main Author: Boring, Pål
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Brainstorming
Business
Correlation
Creativity
Foreign Countries
Innovation
Innovations
International
Organizational learning
Studies
Teamwork
Training
Workplace Learning
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Summary:We examine the relationship between enterprises’ use of employee training (or education) as a method to stimulate new ideas or creativity among their staff and enterprises’ innovation activities. A data set of 5204 Norwegian enterprises is used. Based on correlation coefficients, we find a positive relationship between enterprises’ use of employee training and their innovation activities. This relationship is not found significant for innovative enterprises that developed the innovations mainly by themselves or together with external partners if we control for enterprises’ use of brainstorming sessions and/or work teams to stimulate new ideas or creativity among their staff. Training can, however, be argued to be indirectly related to innovation strategies, as it is combined with other human resource practices.
ISSN:1360-3736
1468-2419
DOI:10.1111/ijtd.12096