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Research Based Program AssessmentMeasuring Innovation Self-Efficacy

Liz Gerberegerber@northwestern.edu@elizgerberNorthwestern University

Adam Carberry acarberry@asu.eduArizona State University

Venture Well Washington DC 032015

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What do we call people who innovate?*

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How do we prepare people to be innovators?

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Invest in innovation education6

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Graphic designed by Nick Levesque from the Noun Project

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And yetFew measures are available for evaluating the effectiveness of these interventions

9(Ford, 1996, Shalley & Perry-Smith, 2001, Bandura, 1997)

Innovators

Domain expertise

Skills * analytical* creative* social

Self-Efficacy

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Innovation Self-EfficacyBelief in the ability to accomplish tasks necessary for innovating

(Gerber, 2011, Gerber, Olson, & Komarek, 2012, Gerber et al, 2012)

Graphic designed by Antonis Makriyannis from the Noun Project

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Innovation Self-EfficacyBeliefs in ability influence goal setting, effort, persistence, learning and attribution of failure.

(Bandura, 1997, Deci & Ryan, 1985, Schunk, 1984)

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GoalTo develop a measure for Innovation Self-Efficacy

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METHOD

Literature ReviewDesignBusinessPsychologyEngineeringOrg Management

Expert interviews

38 skills & behaviors related to innovation

(Bandura, 2006, Tierney & Farmer, 2002, Carberry et al, 2010)

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Method

Survey (N=22)

Literature Review Expert interviews

38 skills & behaviors related to innovation

25 skills & behaviors related to innovation

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TOTAL : 79 survey items

FOR EACH SKILL & BEHAVIOR3-4 different statements

Imagination 

“Come up with a lot of creative ideas.”“Come up with imaginative ideas.”“Do things in an original way.”“Think of many different ideas when considering a problem.”

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Method

Survey (N=22)

Literature Review Expert interviews

38 skills & behaviors related to innovation

25 skills & behaviors related to innovation

Pilot (N=62)

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Method

Survey (N=22)

Literature Review Expert interviews

38 skills & behaviors related to innovation

25 skills & behaviors related to innovation

Pilot (N=62) 13 skills & behaviors related to innovation

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Method

Survey (N=22)

Literature Review Expert interviews

38 skills & behaviors related to innovation

25 skills & behaviors related to innovation

Pilot (N=62) 13 skills & behaviors related to innovation

Survey (N=191) 8 skills & behaviors related to innovation

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8 SKILLS AND BEHAVIORS RELATED TO INNOVATION

CreativityExplorationIterationImplementationCommunicationResourcefulnessSynthesisVision

Cronbach’s alpha: .807-.907

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ContributionMeasure of Innovation Self-Efficacy

Creativity (Tierney & Farmer, 2002)

Engineering design (Carberry et al, 2010)

Modeling (Yildirim et al 2010)

Tinkering (Baker et al 2008)

Entrepreneurship (Chen et al, 1998)

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Analyze 260 additional surveys

Relate measure to innovation outcomes

Ongoing Work

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Experimental Platform (loft.io)

(Easterday, Rees Lewis, & Gerber, 2014, 2015)

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Experimental Platform (loft.io)

(Easterday, Rees Lewis, & Gerber, 2014, 2015)

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Experimental Platform (loft.io)

(Easterday, Rees Lewis, & Gerber, 2014, 2015)

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Innovation EducationDevelop Domain Expertise, Skills, and Beliefs

(Gerber, 2012, 2015)

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Research Based Program AssessmentMeasuring Innovation Self-Efficacy

Liz Gerberegerber@northwestern.edu@elizgerberNorthwestern University

Adam Carberry acarberry@asu.eduArizona State University

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Influential Categories of Innovation Self-Efficacy

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29 items