Innovation-Oriented Culture in the Public Sector: Do managerial autonomy and result control lead to innovation?

Public Management Review

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 45-66

  Wynen, Jan ^a   Verhoest, Koen ^a,b   Ongaro, Edoardo ^c   van Thiel, Sandra ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

autonomous agencies; Innovation oriented culture; managerial autonomy; new publicmanagement; result control

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893753586     PISSN: 14719037     EISSN: 14719045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14719037.2013.790273     Document Type: Article

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