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Environmental antecedents, innovation experience, and officials’ innovation willingness: evidence from China

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: Prompting officials’ innovation willingness is a prerequisite for processes of public sector innovation. This article constructs a framework explaining officials’ innovation willingness by linking environmental antecedents and path dependence. The empirical analysis, based on an original survey of 403 officials and interviews with 102 officials in China, shows that their innovation willingness is mostly driven by factors within the bureaucratic system, i.e. top-down and horizontal drivers but less so by bottom-up drivers. Moreover, officials with previous innovation experience tend to have more innovation willingness but are less driven by top-down factors. This study advances the theory of innovation willingness generation.

Source: Public Management Review

DOI: 10.1080/14719037.2024.2349118

Authors: Biao Huang, Xiaodie Wu, Felix Wiebrecht

Institutions: Zhejiang University, University of Liverpool

Language: English

Topic: Public Policy and Administration Research

Subfield: Public Administration

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Industry, innovation and infrastructure, Peace, justice, and strong institutions

Open Access status: hybrid

Funders: Ministry of Education, National Office for Philosophy and Social Sciences