Abstract Business practice requires creativity to be considered an important part of management because innovation is the result of it. The aim of the paper is to find out how is the creativity of employees supported in food enterprises in Slovakia. After evaluating the information obtained from structured interview and questionnaire based on the 5-degree Likert scale, there were used one way ANOVA Kruskal-Wallis test as well as Cronbach alpha and Spearman’s correlation tests. The survey also highlighted the significant innovation potential of food enterprises in Slovakia. Innovation and creativity development activities can be stimulated through the use of various techniques, with some having a specific effect on a subset of innovation types and others being applicable to a wide variety of innovations.

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企业创新过程中员工创造力的发展

摘要 商业实践要求将创造力视为管理的重要组成部分，因为创新是创新的结果。本文旨在了解斯洛伐克食品企业如何支持员工的创造力。在评估基于 5 度李克特量表从结构化访谈和问卷中获得的信息后，使用了一种方式方差分析 Kruskal-Wallis 检验以及 Cronbach alpha 和 Spearman 相关检验。调查还强调了斯洛伐克食品企业的巨大创新潜力。可以通过使用各种技术来刺激创新和创造力发展活动，其中一些技术对创新类型的子集有特定影响，而另一些则适用于各种创新。