20.500.12556/RUP-23135 University Employees’ Perceptions of Innovation Evidence from the BIKE-HEI Project First Training Programme Razumevanje inovacij med zaposlenimi na univerzah ugotovitve prvega izobraževalnega programa v okviru projekta BIKE-HEI Universities are increasingly recognised as proactive actors in fostering innovation, contributing to regional growth, driving economic development, and enhancing social welfare. This paper explores perceptions of innovation and related knowledge among academic and non-academic university employees, based on data collected through an online questionnaire administered during a training course on innovation ecosystems offered within the BIKE-HEI project. The findings indicate that university employees generally perceive their innovation-related knowledge as relatively strong, with both academic and non-academic staff reporting high levels of intrinsic motivation to engage in innovation, as well as a clear aspiration to create meaningful impact. Among the barriers to acquiring additional knowledge and engaging in innovation-related work, respondents emphasise work-related constraints, including limited time, administrative and financial burdens, insufficient specialised knowledge of innovation, and a perceived general resistance to change within universities. These findings are consistent with existing theoretical and empirical research supporting the innovation and entrepreneurial orientation of universities, and they highlight the need to strengthen institutional support and create conditions that foster employees’ engagement in innovation-related activities. Univerze so vse bolj prepoznane kot proaktivni akterji pri spodbujanju razvoja inovacij, regionalnega razvoja, gospodarske rasti in družbene blaginje. V prispevku smo se osredotočili na zaznave akademskega in strokovnega osebja na univerzah o inovacijh ter z njimi povezanega znanja. Podatke smo pridobili s pomočjo anketnega vprašalnika, ki so ga izpolnili udeleženci usposabljanja o inovacijskih ekosistemih, ponujenega v okviru projekta BIKE-HEI. Ugotovitve kažejo, da zaposleni na univerzah svoje znanje o inovacijah na splošno ocenjujejo kot pozitivno, pri čemer tako akademski kot strokovni kader izraža močno notranjo motivacijo za vključevanje v inovacije ter željo po ustvarjanju vidnega prispevka. Med ključnimi ovirami pri pridobivanju dodatnega znanja in uvajanju inovacij v delovne procese udeleženci navajajo pomanjkanje časa, administrativna in finančna bremena, omejeno strokovno znanje s področja inovacij ter splošen organizacijski odpor univerz do sprememb. Rezultati so skladni z obstoječimi teoretičnimi in empiričnimi raziskavami o inovacijski ter t. i. »podjetniški« usmerjenosti univerz in poudarjajo pomen institucionalne podpore pri ustvarjanju pogojev, ki spodbujajo vključenost zaposlenih v z inovacijami povezane delovne aktivnosti. innovation university employees governance survey BIKEHEI project inovacije zaposleni na univerzi politike in management anketa projekt BIKE-HEI true false false Univerza na Primorskem, Fakulteta za management Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Članek v reviji 2026-06-09 13:29:07 2026-06-09 13:29:08 2026-06-10 03:05:47 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2026 0 Koper 2026 str. 5-11 no. 1 Vol. 21 2026 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 1854-4231 https://doi.org/10.26493/1854-4231.21.5-11 ZUP_Calusic_Kustec_2026.pdf ZUP_Calusic_Kustec_2026.pdf 1 E57CBD8CBA31F81DFC8FC2AEA7E2879C c6a548c3001e9d8d2519ae28aa0c8dfe4a381642d1808bb06225f76232a62b11 bca7b7d9-63f6-11f1-9e8d-005056ac49c0 https://repozitorij.upr.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=33809 https://www.hippocampus.si/ISSN/1854-4231/21.5-11.pdf 0 cce2e0bc-63f6-11f1-9e8d-005056ac49c0 https://repozitorij.upr.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=33810 Založba Univerze na Primorskem 0 0 0