Abstract
This study presents evidence on public innovation from the perspectives of politicians and public managers. Environmental antecedents are analysed with regard to their impact on innovation adoption. Data are drawn from a survey of over 600 mayors and managers in Austrian local government. Results show that they identify the same innovation types but indicate different antecedents of innovation adoption. Findings for managers are broadly in line with results from larger jurisdictions. Since there are crucial dissimilarities in the factors explaining the adoption of innovation, we suggest that politicians and managers both be included in future studies of local government innovation.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 566-587 |
| Number of pages | 22 |
| Journal | Public Management Review |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| Early online date | 30 Jun 2016 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2017 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2016 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
Funding
This work was supported by funds of the Oesterreichische Nationalbank (Oesterreichische Nationalbank), Anniversary Fund under [grant no 16005] and the National Research Foundation of Korea Grant funded by the Korean Government [grant no NRF-2014S1A3A2044630].
Keywords
- Innovation
- local government
- politicians
- public managers
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