Evidence of Different Types of Creativity in Government: A Multimethod Assessment
This study examines creativity in government using a sample of winners of Innovation in Government Awards. It uses two multidimensional conceptual frameworks proposed by Sternberg (1999) and Unsworth (2001) to assess patterns of creativity in public organizations by level of government and policy ar...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Public performance & management review 2008-09, Vol.32 (1), p.132-163 |
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Zusammenfassung: | This study examines creativity in government using a sample of winners of Innovation in Government Awards. It uses two multidimensional conceptual frameworks proposed by Sternberg (1999) and Unsworth (2001) to assess patterns of creativity in public organizations by level of government and policy area. Results from document analysis of award-winning applications and telephone interviews demonstrate that an interesting variety of creativity was exhibited. The most occurrences of creativity of any type were at the local and state level. Despite the predominance of proactive engagement in creative action, in most instances, the effect that such creative action had was only incremental in nature, and such creative action was seen as a response to a problem rather than an opportunity. This study provides some important implications for theory and practice associated with public sector creativity and some useful directions for future research. |
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ISSN: | 1530-9576 1557-9271 |
DOI: | 10.2753/PMR1530-9576320106 |