Individual Innovativeness Scale – IS

My peers often ask me for advice or information.

I enjoy trying new ideas.

I seek out new ways to do things.

I am generally cautious about accepting new ideas.

I frequently improvise methods for solving a problem when an answer is not apparent.

I am suspicious of new inventions and new ways of thinking.

I rarely trust new ideas until I can see whether the vast majority of people around me accept them.

I feel that I am an influential member of my peer group.

I consider myself to be creative and original in my thinking and behavior.

I am aware that I am usually one of the last people in my group to accept something new.

I am an inventive kind of person.

I enjoy taking part in the leadership responsibilities of the group I belong to.

I am reluctant about adopting new ways of doing things until I see them working for people around me.

I find it stimulating to be original in my thinking and behavior.

I tend to feel that the old way of living and doing things is the best way.

I am challenged by ambiguities and unsolved problems.

I must see other people using new innovations before I will consider them.

I am receptive to new ideas.

I am challenged by unanswered questions.

I often find myself skeptical of new ideas.