The Concept of Innovation as Perceived by Public Sector Frontline Staff--Outline of a Tripartite Empirical Model of Innovation

Autor/inn/en	Wegener, Charlotte; Tanggaard, Lene
Titel	The Concept of Innovation as Perceived by Public Sector Frontline Staff--Outline of a Tripartite Empirical Model of Innovation
Quelle	In: Studies in Continuing Education, 35 (2013) 1, S.82-101 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0158-037X
DOI	10.1080/0158037X.2012.707123
Schlagwörter	Schools; Innovation; Vocational Education; Work Environment; Public Sector; Cooperation; Partnerships in Education; Older Adults; Ethnography; Interviews; Social Services; Adult Students; Continuing Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? School; Schule; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; Arbeitsmilieu; Öffentlicher Sektor; Co-operation; Kooperation; Hochschulpartnerschaft; Älterer Erwachsener; Ethnografie; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Social service; Soziale Dienstleistung; Soziale Dienste; Adult; Adults; Student; Students; Erwachsenenalter; Studentin; Schüler; Schülerin; Weiterbildung
Abstract	This article investigates the innovation concept in two key welfare areas where the demands for innovation are substantial, namely vocational education and elder care. On the basis of ethnographic fieldwork and interviews on the collaboration between an educational institution and elder care services, the article develops a tripartite empirical model of innovation. The model suggests that innovation requires levers (understood as methods and management contexts) as well as craft (understood as professional skills and rootedness), if it is to be integrated into the core services of a specific context. The article also discusses how innovation's value-creating aspects should be understood in a public sector context. The proposed innovation model yields recommendations on issues that should be considered in establishing successful innovation in a public, cross-organizational context. (Contains 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10