Today the criterion of innovation has become a paradigm for all institutions to maintain their success. Innovation is essential for service industry as well as production industry. It is the individual that is in the center of innovation, which can be defined as the difference between a good idea and a good product. The innovative work behavior of individuals is an area that needs to be scrutinized in terms of innovativeness. Because innovation directly effects the quality of life, it has a significant role in the health sector.In this perspective, this study aims to identify the innovativeness level of individuals working in health industry where innovation is of significance; to identify the differences of innovativeness levels between generations; and to identify the relationship between individuals' perception of whether the institution they work have learning orientation and their level of innovativeness.

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ÖzetEn önemli rekabet üstünlüğü kaynaklarından biri olarak kabul edilen inovasyon ile kültür arasındaki ilişkiyi incelemek bu çalışmanın amacını oluşturmaktadır. Bu amaçla kültür, örgüt kültürü, inovasyon kavramları tanımlanmış ve aralarındaki ilişki ortaya çıkarılmıştır. Aralarındaki ilişkiden kaynaklanan bir kavram olan inovasyon kültürünün özellikleri, hem doğrudan inovasyon kültürü ile ilgili araştırmaların hem de örgüt kültürü ve inovasyon arasındaki ilişkiyi araştıran çalışmaların incelenmesi ile belirlenmiştir.Buna göre inovasyon kültürünün örgütsel öğrenme, katılımcı karar verme, risk alabilme, belirsizliği kabul etme, müşteri odaklılık, bağımsızlık, takım ve grup çalışması, başarısızlıktan ders alma, örgütsel güven gibi çeşitli özellikler taşımakta olduğu tespit edilmiştir. AbstractThe aim of the study is examining the relationship between innovation which is considered as one of the most important resources of competitive advantage and culture. For this purpose, culture, organizational culture, innovation concepts are defined and the relationships between them are revealed. Characteristics of innovation culture as a concept that arising from the relationships are determined by examining both studies which are directly related to innovation culture and other studies which are exploring the relationship between organizational culture and innovation. Accordingly, it is determined that innovation culture has various features like organizational learning, participative decision making, risk taking, accepting uncertainty, customer orientation, autonomy, team and group working, learning from failure and organizational trust.

The purpose of this study is to find the important attributes of organizations that effect employee choice, using conjoint analysis as an analytical tool. According to the purpose firstly 11 organizational attributes were determined based on relevant literature then the following five attributes of organizations were identified with a pilot study: pay level, social insurance, organizational reputation, working hours and transportation. Using subjects from a cement factory in Ordu, 105 respondents were asked to rank 16 cards for five organizational attributes with different combinations of these five attributes. The results indicate that pay level has the greatest influence on the respondents' choice, followed by social insurance, organizational reputation, working hours and transportation. Additionally it is revealed that forth card which is one of the created cards based on analysis results represented most desirable situation for employees. Employees are willing to work in businesses which have good reputation, provide social insurance and have ability to pay high wages to its employees. They also want to arrive to business easily and work in normal working hours.

In accordance with increased acceptance of the importance of innovation, businesses and countries want to increase their innovation activities. In particular, industry 4.0 as a new industrial vision makes innovation activities more critical. Innovation activities previously were seen as an activity that occurs within the business. Following, there has been a thought that interaction of various actors facilitated this activity. At this point, the concept of innovation clusters has been developed. Today, however, there is a view that the cluster perspective does not reflect the dynamic dimension of innovation activities. According to this view, innovation requires a vibrant structure in which a wide variety of actors learn, develop and evolve together. The vibrant structure is defined by the concept of "ecosystem". In this study by examining the relevant literature the major variables of Turkey's innovation ecosystem (markets, capital, universities, businesses/enterprises, human resources, culture, and regulations) have been identified, each variable has been analyzed according to relevant indicators and a general overview has been presented.