An innovator, according to Robert Merton, is an individual who has:

A. withdrawn from the goals and means of society.
B. accepted the goals of a society but pursued them with means regarded as improper.
C. abandoned the goal of material success and become compulsively committed to the institutional means.
D. None of these answers is correct.


Answer: B

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