DETERMINANTS OF INNOVATION POTENTIAL AT UNIVERSITIES OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC

Scientific research in the sphere of education confirms the fact that the key elements of success are innovation and education. Through the influence of continuous changes, it is necessary to define innovation within the scope of the organization culture and education, which have a significant share on the efficient expression of thoughts leading to the overall development of the organization. The article builds on the research of social network, trust, and innovation and validates the relationship between the ’Trust at the workplace’ and ’Innovation climate’ in the environment of Czech universities. In connection with the research of determinants of Innovation climate, the article further examines the moderating effect of ’Seniority’ on the relationship between the factors of ’Trust’ and ’Innovation climate’. Primary data was collected using an electronic survey. An exploratory factor analysis was used for the extraction of factors. Based on the extracted factors the moderation effect was calculated. Conjoint effect of the ’Trust at the workplace’ and ’Seniority’ has greater impact on the level of Innovation climate than the simple sum of separate effects of individual constructs which can be interpreted as a synergistic effect.