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Attitudes of Employees and Managers Towards Challenges Related to Change and Innovation: A Case Analysis of Eight Innovative Companies

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the article is to present the attitudes of management staff and employees towards the needfor change and innovation, as well as to identify managerial practices that support organizational inno-vativeness and the underlying beliefs driving these practices. The case study examines eight industrialcompanies form the automotive and chemical sectors that are actively introducing innovations and newsolutions (). The research methodology involved focus group interviews with employees from varioustask departments and individual in-depth interviews with management, in total the study covered 40people. The study identifies two approaches to understanding innovation: broad and narrow, along withcorresponding practices that support either exclusionary or inclusive innovation. The conclusions pro-vide managers with insights into the consequences of adopting different practices to foster employees’innovativeness and facilitate their adaptation to change. Additionally, the study offers significant con-tributions, opening a discussion on the challenges of introducing new solutions in the industry, par-ticularly in the context of human resources management and the optimization of employee potential.

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