{"title":"Co-design in the prison service: a learning perspective on employee-driven innovation","authors":"M. Aakjær","doi":"10.1504/IJEIM.2018.10013650","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJEIM.2018.10013650","url":null,"abstract":"This article presents a case of how co-design approaches are used as a means to facilitate employees' learning and innovation. Despite a growing interest in co-design and the effects of engaging citizens (or users) in public service innovation, far too little attention has been paid to the potential influence and learning dynamics of: 1) inclusion of user perspectives; 2) of using co-design approaches on employees' practice, learning, and innovation. Through the theoretical lens of 'boundary encounters', this article offers a learning perspective on the influence of co-design approaches on employee-driven innovation. It reports the findings from an exploratory case study in a prison context. The analysis shows that including user perspectives creates strange perspectives on familiar routines, and that reflective and transformative learning dynamics emerge in sequences of experience prototypes and storytelling. It is argued that co-design approaches hold potential for employees to reframe meaning and innovate practice, and can enhance individual and organisational learning.","PeriodicalId":52480,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management","volume":"22 1","pages":"381-396"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47033220","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Fostering employee innovative behaviour through receipt of helping and voice behaviours from co-workers: the mediating roles of knowledge transfer and knowledge creation","authors":"S. Chou, Brandon Walker-Price","doi":"10.1504/IJEIM.2018.10013638","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJEIM.2018.10013638","url":null,"abstract":"Given the impact of employee innovative behaviour on organisational success, a considerable amount of research attention has been paid to identifying determinants of employee innovative behaviour. However, relatively little is known about the impact of an employee's receipt of helping and voice behaviours exhibited by co-workers on the employee's innovative behaviour. Thus, drawing upon theories of workplace learning and knowledge management, we develop a conceptual model describing how receipt of helping behaviour and voice behaviour fosters employee innovative behaviour through formal, informal, and incidental learning. Additionally, we theoretically explore the mediating roles of knowledge transfer and knowledge creation. By doing so, our conceptual model provides important theoretical contributions to the literature. More importantly, our conceptual model offers crucial managerial insights into fostering employee innovative behaviour through effective organisational learning and knowledge management practices that encourage interpersonal helping and constructive criticism.","PeriodicalId":52480,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management","volume":"22 1","pages":"451-470"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45452322","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Do it yourself - a lean startup toolbox for employee-driven green product innovation","authors":"Anke Buhl","doi":"10.1504/IJEIM.2018.10013641","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJEIM.2018.10013641","url":null,"abstract":"Green product innovation (GPI) has become a key strategic issue for companies that aim at improving their environmental and economic performance. In order to harness their entire innovation potential, companies are well advised to integrate all employees into GPI processes. The concept of employee-driven innovation (EDI) recognises an underutilised potential of employees who are not formally assigned to innovation tasks. Still, there exists only limited research on tools and practices which employees can apply when engaging in GPI activities. With the aim of filling this void, this conceptual paper draws on the lean startup (LS) approach which applies lean thinking to entrepreneurship and innovation processes. LS principles complement GPI development since lean and green paradigms share the objective of resource efficiency and waste avoidance. This paper develops a process framework and toolbox which employees can use to validate and refine their GPI ideas before presenting them to their managers. Furthermore, it discusses to what extent the application of the presented LS framework enables employees to propose valuable GPI ideas.","PeriodicalId":52480,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management","volume":"22 1","pages":"526-544"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42322328","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Bottom-linked innovation: Collaboration between middle managers and employees","authors":"C. J. Kristensen","doi":"10.1504/IJEIM.2018.092965","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJEIM.2018.092965","url":null,"abstract":"Employee-driven innovation is gaining ground as a strategy for developing sustainable organisations in the public and private sector. This type of innovation is characterised by active employee participation, and the bottom-up perspective is often emphasised. This article explores an issue that has hitherto been paid little explicit attention, namely collaboration between middle managers and employees in innovation processes. In contrast to most studies, middle managers and employees are here both subjects of explicit investigation. The collaboration processes explored in this article are termed 'bottom-linked innovation'. The empirical analysis is based on an in-depth qualitative study of bottom-linked innovation in a public frontline institution in Denmark. By combining research on employee-driven innovation and middle management, the article offers new insights into such collaborative processes.","PeriodicalId":52480,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management","volume":"22 1","pages":"511-525"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1504/IJEIM.2018.092965","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44469629","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Similar structures, different interpretations: perceived possibilities for employee-driven innovation in two teams within an industrial organisation","authors":"Tea Lempiälä, Sari Yli-Kauhaluoma, Jaana Näsänen","doi":"10.1504/IJEIM.2018.092958","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJEIM.2018.092958","url":null,"abstract":"Our study discusses how two teams within a similar structural setting perceive their ability to engage in employee-driven innovation in a highly differing manner. We show how the way in which the team members perceived their role and relevance in the organisation influenced whether they experienced the organisational structures as rigid and unnegotiable or flexible and permitting of proactive innovation efforts. Drawing on literature on employee-driven innovation and idea championing, we contribute to the discussion of how employees can be supported to grow into idea champions (and hence to perceive opportunities, rather than limitations) in industrial organisations.","PeriodicalId":52480,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management","volume":"22 1","pages":"362-380"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1504/IJEIM.2018.092958","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45135082","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Employee-driven innovation into practice: managing the tension between organisation and innovation","authors":"Carine Deslee, Aubépine Dahan","doi":"10.1504/IJEIM.2018.10013636","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJEIM.2018.10013636","url":null,"abstract":"This research empirically examines three cases of employee-driven innovation (EDI) to assess the tension it creates in a large bureaucratic organisation and discusses the nature and potential resolution of such tension. We contribute to the literature on the tension between the organisation and innovation by mobilising the concept of practice. We propose that EDI is inspired by everyday practice, which comes in the form of a situated, informal type of knowledge individuals widely and casually rely on to perform their daily tasks and professional duties. Driven by the search for improvement, practice not only reproduces existing knowledge but also creates new knowledge at all levels of the organisation. Thus, we investigate the link among innovation, specific positions in the organisation, and hierarchy. Specifically, how can a large bureaucratic organisation integrate a collective, diffuse, flowing-from-practice form of innovation?","PeriodicalId":52480,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management","volume":"22 1","pages":"323-337"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45125976","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Henrik Sørensen, L. F. Ussing, S. Wandahl, R. Christensen
{"title":"Key Mechanisms for Employee-Driven Innovation in Governmental Client Organisations","authors":"Henrik Sørensen, L. F. Ussing, S. Wandahl, R. Christensen","doi":"10.1504/IJEIM.2018.10013629","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJEIM.2018.10013629","url":null,"abstract":"In order to ensure that knowledge and ideas are transformed into innovative contributions, a systematic approach is important. The aim of this research was to identify the specific mechanisms that are key to implementing an innovation process model when conducting employee-driven innovation in a governmental client organisation. The methodological approach was an exploratory case study of a governmental client organisation within the Danish construction industry. The units of analysis were groups of employees and managers within the case organisation. The primary mechanisms identified were the mechanisms of organisational trust, innovation safety, organisational practices, cultural settings and the recognition and rewards structure to motivate employees. The decision-making procedures should be transparent especially to the idea-owners and the employees involved, and the implementation and putting into practice should be prioritised phases in the innovation process.","PeriodicalId":52480,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management","volume":"22 1","pages":"427-450"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48305903","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Organising routines and spaces for employee-driven innovation in global work arrangements","authors":"M. Lotz","doi":"10.1504/IJEIM.2018.10013639","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJEIM.2018.10013639","url":null,"abstract":"Based on a longitudinal case study in a multinational corporation operating in the medical industry, this paper shows how a group of employees from different sites and from various organisational levels learnt and innovated new training practices as they enacted and made use of organisational routines to develop a global training system that supported the company's overall standardisation process. The paper identifies how, in particular, three interrelated routines appear to trigger moments of recursive learning and employee-driven innovation (EDI) among employees. These routines are: 1) an organisational form of global communities of practice; 2) a 'cookbook' representing a set of guidelines to ensure a common approach to the sharing of best practices; 3) a set of governance procedures to support continual improvements. They do so by allowing employees to: a) collectively engage in and work towards a common purpose; b) identify, document and share knowledge about the problems and solutions they encounter in regard to their work; c) continually improve work practices. The findings contribute to an understanding of how organisational structuring of EDI can be developed and managed, and highlight the importance of deliberately organising routines, spaces and moments to foster such dynamics.","PeriodicalId":52480,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management","volume":"22 1","pages":"338-361"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45472153","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Key drivers for service innovation in the UAE's hotel sector","authors":"H. A. Beshr, C. Hossan","doi":"10.1504/IJEIM.2018.10012589","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJEIM.2018.10012589","url":null,"abstract":"The tourism sector in the UAE, which is witnessing strong growth, reached 13.8 million arrivals in 2013. The MasterCard Global Destination Cities Index reported that Dubai was ranked as the fourth most visited global site in 2015. In February 2015, the occupancy rate in Dubai reached 86.2% and helped contribute to the AED 6.5 bn in industry revenue in 2014. Service innovation helps hotels sustain the current market and create new business. The literature has focused on innovation more than efficiency as a vital factor of business success, growth, or failure. The main objective of the current study is to investigate the relationships between service innovation in the hotel sector in UAE and organisational support for innovation, resistance to change, organisational trust, work engagement, and organisational conflict. Quantitative research methods were used in this study. The research was conducted among 326 employees working in different levels of departments in UAE hotels. The main results of the study show that organisational support for innovation, organisational trust, and work engagement are positively correlated with service innovation, whereas resistance to change and organisational conflict failed to achieve statistical significance with service innovation.","PeriodicalId":52480,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management","volume":"22 1","pages":"251-268"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-05-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45720720","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effect of economic growth initiatives on regional economies: a study in the Indian context","authors":"Vaibhav Tripathi, A. P. Singh, R. Roy","doi":"10.1504/IJEIM.2018.10012591","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJEIM.2018.10012591","url":null,"abstract":"In the present context when India is preparing to witness huge economic expansion though numbers of development programs and initiatives, it becomes important to evaluate them on the basis of their usefulness, structure and evenness in development by analysing different studies in the same field, an attempt has been made to find suitable approaches required for economic development. Increase in regional disparity in the phase of economical development makes the central issue of the paper and the study have been done to find viable methods to minimise it.","PeriodicalId":52480,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management","volume":"22 1","pages":"286-297"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-05-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46037799","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}