How to extend pilot innovation in public services: A case of children's social care innovation

IF 4.3 2区管理学 Q1 POLITICAL SCIENCE

Public Administration Pub Date : 2024-08-12 DOI:10.1111/padm.13028

Graeme Currie, Amy Lynch, Jacky Swan, Hayley Alderson, Seana Friel, Carrie Harrop, Rebecca Johnson, Gary Kerridge, Deborah Smart, Ruth McGovern, Emily Munro

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Abstract

There is considerable investment by government policymakers in supporting pilot innovation in public services, following which pilots prove difficult to sustain. Our 4‐year longitudinal study of three pilot innovations in England, which seek to support the transition of care leavers into adulthood, provides insight into how such pilots can be sustained. Conceiving innovation as a journey, our study first identifies the dynamics of innovation around five key ingredients: the role of senior managers in cultivating a receptive context for innovation, distributed leadership, user co‐production, measurement of outcomes, and innovation adaption. Second, our study highlights some ingredients are more important as implementation of innovation is initiated and may fade in importance as the innovation journey proceeds. Third, our study shows innovation ingredients are shaped by organizational contingencies of performance and financial pressures. Finally, we suggest a need for a contextualized implementation science framework to examine innovation in social care.

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Public Administration Multiple-

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7.80

自引率

17.10%

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期刊介绍： Public Administration is a major refereed journal with global circulation and global coverage. The journal publishes articles on public administration, public policy and public management. The journal"s reach is both inclusive and international and much of the work published is comparative in nature. A high percentage of articles are sourced from the enlarging Europe and cover all aspects of West and East European public administration.