YOUTH INNOVATIVENESS IN THE MODERN ECONOMY: AN INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDY IN THE CONTEXT OF THE "GENOTYPE — PERSONALITY — ENVIRONMENT" CONCEPTION

Abstract

This paper, which has a problem-setting character, actualizes and analyzes the problem of innovativeness of young people in Russia. The authors consider this problem in the framework of a comprehensive interdisciplinary approach to study the interconnectedness of genetic and «environmentally-related» factors of forming personal and professional orientation to innovation. The study of this problem involves the identification of the genetic and environmental economic, social and cultural factors and predictors youth readiness for innovative activities based on comparative socioeconomic, sociocultural, psychodiagnostic and molecular genetic analysis. Understanding the factors and mechanisms of the formation and development of innovativeness is an important research objective that goes also into practical terms, in particular, in the study and implementation of intellectual and innovation potential of regions and territories. Further studies of this problem may contribute to the improvement and refinement of the theoretical concepts of innovativeness and the development of effective methods for empowering personal innovativeness and enhancing the involvement of modern youth in research, entrepreneurial and innovation activities.