Author, Institution: Aistė Vaišnorė, Kaunas University of Technology
Science area, field of science: Social Sciences, Management, S003
Research Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Monika Petraitė (Kaunas University of Technology, Social Sciences, Management, S003)
Dissertation Defence Board of Management Science Field:
Prof. Dr. Rimgailė Vaitkienė (Kaunas University of Technology, Social Sciences, Management, S003) – chairperson
Prof. Dr. Patrick Cohendet (HEC Montréal Business School, Canada, Social Sciences, Management, S003)
Prof. Dr. Cornelius Herstatt (Hamburg University of Technology, Germany, Social Sciences, Management, S003)
Prof. Dr. Vilmantė Kumpikaitė-Valiūnienė (Kaunas University of Technology, Social Sciences, Management, S003)
Prof. Dr. Asta Savanevičienė (Kaunas University of Technology, Social Sciences, Management, S003)
Dissertation defence meeting will be at Rectorate Hall of Kaunas University of Technology (K. Donelaičio 73-402, Kaunas)
The doctoral dissertation and summary of the dissertation are available at the library of Kaunas University of Technology (Gedimino 50, Kaunas) and on the internet:
A. Vaišnorė el. dissertation.pdf
A. Vaišnorė el. summary.pdf
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Annotation: The dissertation develops and empirically grounds a competency framework for future-oriented innovators, addressing the growing need for competency sets that better reflect and respond to future challenges, enabling adaptation and transformation under uncertainty, complexity, and systemic change. Although scientific research increasingly addresses and policy frameworks advance competency-oriented approaches, future orientation remains underrepresented in existing frameworks that emphasise present-focused performance and system-level generalities rather than role-specific, behavioural capacities for anticipation, envisioning, and transformation. Using an exploratory mixed-methods design, the research integrates quantitative expert evaluation with qualitative behavioural evidence and establishes an initial structure of eight competency clusters forming a coherent architecture of future-oriented innovation competencies, while providing related observable behaviours in authentic innovation settings. The resulting framework enhances understanding of how innovators must be equipped to act effectively under future complexity and uncertainty. It supports education through interdisciplinary, arts-driven curricula; guides organisations via behavioural criteria for training and leadership; and informs policy by offering a transferable structure for integrating future-oriented, transdisciplinary competencies into broader skills agendas.