The role of creative self-efficacy and digital literacy in supporting academic success through innovative behavior: A study on MAKU students

This research, was conducted to examine the role of creative self-efficacy and digital literacy in supporting academic achievement through innovative behavior. The universe of the research consists of 28,974 students officially registered at Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University in the 2020-2021 academic year. The sample of the study consists of 598 students selected from the universe by simple random sampling method. Depending on the purpose of the study, theoretical information about the concepts is presented in the first chapter, and the relations between concepts are given in the second chapter. In the last part of the research, analysis and findings related to the data obtained by using the survey technique, one of the quantitative research methods, are included. SPSS 25.0 and AMOS 24.0 programs were used in the analysis of the data. As a result of the correlation analysis conducted to determine the relationships between variables, it was determined that innovative behavior, creative self-efficacy, digital literacy and academic achievement gave positive and meaningful relationships together. As a result of the regression analysis conducted to reveal the effects of the variables on each other, it was determined that digital literacy significantly and positively affected innovative behaviors except for the professional production sub-dimension, and significantly and positively affects academic achievement except for the daily use and professional production sub-dimensions. At the same time, it was determined that all sub-dimensions of digital literacy have significant and positive effects on creative self-efficacy. On the other hand, it has been determined that creative self-efficacy has a significant and positive effect on innovative behaviors and academic achievement, and innovative behaviors have a positive and significant effect on academic achievement. Keywords: Innovative Behavior, Creative Self-Efficacy, Digital Literacy, Academic Success