%0 Journal Article
%T Innovations as the Category of Contemporaneity
%A Furmanek, Waldemar
%J Labor et Educatio
%V 2017
%R 10.4467/25439561LE.17.001.7976
%N 5 (2017)
%P 11-44
%K innovations, innovative activities, contemporaneity
%@ 2353-4745
%D 2018
%U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/labor-et-educatio/article/innowacje-kategoria-wspolczesnosci
%X 
	We live in a world of intense changes and economic and social development. With the following changes in technologies used in the economy, there is an increase in the intensity of innovative activities undertaken by enterprises and an increase in their efficiency. The work which a person takes in a changing environment gains new personal, social, civilizational and cultural dimensions. In addition, it is carried out with new methods and using new technologies. In his deliberations the author has attempted to define innovativeness and show its significance in contemporary society.