Supporting innovation through HRM practices - importance of motivation

Abstract

This paper analyses the impact of HRM practices on innovation of an enterprise. It demonstrates that creation of pro-innovative attitudes in an organisation takes place at each stage of the personnel process. The research has been carried out in four enterprises: two operating on the global market and two locally in Poland. Special attention has been paid to the issue of motivating for innovative activities. The last part of the paper concerns motivating employees of the so-called ‘Y Generation’.