*3.2.3 Individual level*

The individual level refers to the attitudes of the employees towards innovation, as well as their individual characteristics, such as age and gender. The only type of innovation in which women have a higher chance than men of being involved is management innovation, which accounts for around 19% of the difference. The drawn-up cross-tabulation (**Table 1**) allows us to see that all age groups are participating in the development of all four types of innovation.

**Table 2** shows that the middle-aged employees (36–55 years old) have the highest frequency of participation in innovation development. However, if we

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*Methods and instruments used for monitoring of external ideas or technological developments for new or changed products, processes or services.*


#### **Table 2.**

*Type of developed innovation/age crosstabulation.*

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look at the average probability of participation in the innovation development for different age groups, the 56–65 years old participants are those who have the highest probability of being involved in innovation development (50%). The second highest involvement in innovation development is among young employees (41,25%), and the lowest (37,63%) is among middle-aged employees (36–55 years).
