Innovation versus structural changes in employment in the light of the available statistical data in Podlaskie voivodeship
Innovation versus structural changes in employment in the light of the available statistical data in Podlaskie voivodeship

Summary/Abstract: Aim – The study aimed at defining the role of innovation as a factor related to shapingthe regional labor market. The Author, based on the results of the available data, attemptedto define the relation between innovative activity companies and employment and to verifythe hypothesis that the implementation of innovation has influence on the increase of workingpositions and results in a change in the structure of employment in the region.Research methodology – The paper presents selected data from the Central Statistical Office,including mainly the results concerning the outlays on R&D, the activity of companies inPodlaskie voivodeship, and employment, including the division into PKD sections from 2007.On the basis of the conducted study there was conducted analysis of the impact that theimplementation of innovations in particular sections has had on the increase of employmentin them.Result – The influence of innovation on employment is connected to so-called creativedestruction, which means that on the one hand innovation destroys existing working positions,but on the other hand it creates new ones – more specialized and requiring new knowledge.Originality/value – The analysis of the impact of implementing innovations on theemployment level in particular sections of Podlaskie voivodeship.

• Details
• Contents