Overview
- Provides novel coverage of the positive, negative and eccentric aspects of innovation
- Illustrates the way in which innovation is interpreted, and has impact, within different cultures and contexts
- Presents global coverage of organizational innovation practices, with contributions on China, the US, UK, Australia, Japan, South Korea, India and Europe
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Table of contents (35 chapters)
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Workplace Innovation in Contexts
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Determinants of Workplace Innovation
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Workplace Innovation as a Process
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About this book
Innovation is a source of building long-term sustainability. If implemented successfully it can lead to superior organizational performance. To be competitive, companies and their leaders continuously strive to engage in new market spaces by developing and engaging in an innovative culture so as to differentiate themselves from their rivals.
With contributions from scholars and practitioners, this Handbook provides evidence-based case studies to identify workplace innovation practices in developed and developing countries. Chapters are based on an organizational innovation framework and focuses on two major areas: the determinants of innovation and the process and outcome elements. It covers in-depth, cutting edge specialised topics such as frugal innovation, innovation associated with leadership as well as numerous organisational contexts such as for-profit and not for profit sectors and small, medium and large organisations.Essential reading for any studentor scholar of innovation studies, this handbook provides novel coverage of innovation practices linked to organizational variables such as culture, ethics, leadership and performance.
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Adela McMurray is Professor of Management/HRM and Innovation at College of Business, Government and Law, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA, Australia. She has published over 280 papers and led numerous large research grants, is the Assistant Editor of the Journal of Management History, and a member of numerous Editorial Advisory Boards. She is the co-editor of The Palgrave Handbook of Leadership in Transforming Asia (Palgrave Macmillan, 2017).
Nuttawuth Muenjohn is a Senior Lecturer in Leadership Studies at the School of Management, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University, Australia. He is the co-editor of The Palgrave Handbook of Leadership in Transforming Asia (Palgrave Macmillan, 2017).
Chamindika Weerakoon is a Lecturer in Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the Department of Business Technology and Entrepreneurship in Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia. Her research primarily focuses on social innovation, entrepreneurial orientation and business model innovation. Her main teaching expertise includes Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Palgrave Handbook of Workplace Innovation
Editors: Adela McMurray, Nuttawuth Muenjohn, Chamindika Weerakoon
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-59916-4
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Business and Management, Business and Management (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-59915-7Published: 10 March 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-59918-8Published: 12 May 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-59916-4Published: 09 March 2021
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XLIX, 664
Number of Illustrations: 46 b/w illustrations, 9 illustrations in colour
Topics: Innovation/Technology Management, Business Strategy/Leadership, International Business