A RESEARCH ON RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN OPENNESS TO CHANGE AND INNOVATIVENESS LEVELS OF PERSONNEL IN PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT: A CASE STUDY ON AUTOMOTIVE SECTOR

Abstract

In the research, 472 automotive sector workers in some firms operating in Kocaeli City provinces were subjected to survey, and openness to change and innovativeness levels of workers were examined. According to results of the study, resistance to change factor of innovativeness had statistically significant differences based on job type and marital status (p<0,05). Openness to change of environment factor of openness to change had statistically significant difference based on age groups (p<0,05). All other factors of openness to change and innovation scales did not showed statistically significant differences based on demographic properties (p>0,05). Correlation analysis results showed that there were not statistically significant relations between factors of openness to change and innovativeness scales (p>0,05).