THE IMPACT OF CULTURAL DIVERSITY ON INNOVATION PERFORMANCE: EVIDENCE FROM CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY OF AZERBAIJAN

Studies on innovations attract many researchers all over the world due to their crucial role in today's highly competitive world. At the same time, cultural dimensions, cultural factors, and their impact on performance measures are also becoming a very popular topic for research. In our paper,...

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Published inEconomics & sociology Vol. 10; no. 1; p. 78
Main Authors Mir-Babayev, Rahim, Gulaliyev, Mayis, Shikhaliyeva, Sabina, Azizova, Reyhan, Ok, Nuri
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Ternopil Centre of Sociological Research (NGO) 01.01.2017
Subjects
Construction industry
Cooperation
Corporate culture
Decision making
Economics
Gender
Hypotheses
Innovations
Literature reviews
Multiculturalism & pluralism
Social identity
Social research
Studies
Azerbaijan
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Summary:Studies on innovations attract many researchers all over the world due to their crucial role in today's highly competitive world. At the same time, cultural dimensions, cultural factors, and their impact on performance measures are also becoming a very popular topic for research. In our paper, we attempted to analyze the issues related to cultural diversity and its impact on innovation performance. We used survey data-collection method with support of trade unions in regions. Then, we used quantitative techniques such as correlation-regression analyses in order to find support for the proposed hypotheses. We found that cultural diversity has inverted U-curve relationship with innovation performance in the case of Azerbaijan also along with that we found that two components of cultural diversity, namely gender diversity and foreigners' diversity have the highest outcomes in terms of innovation performance when the diversity levels are moderate.
ISSN:2071-789X
2306-3459
DOI:10.14254/2071789X.2017/10-1/6