Adaption-Innovation at Work: A New Measure of Problem- Solving Styles
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چکیده
The study introduces a new measure of adaption versus innovation problem solving style (labelled the AI-W) that is validated using professional accountants. The AI-W consists of nine items and nonproprietary in comparison to the Kirton Adaption-Innovation Inventory (KAI) of 32 items which is proprietary. An analysis of data from a large sample of practicing accountants suggests that reliability, construct validity, and discriminant validity are high. As expected, the AI-W is not highly correlated with dimensions of the Big-Five personality types. The study also shows that accountants in general prefer an adaptive problem solving approach to an innovative approach and that auditors and tax preparers tend to have more adaptive scores than consultants and system personnel. The implications of the study are also discussed.
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