Innovation and Leadership in the Public Sector

4Innovation at the Individual, Organisational, Team and Climate Levels in Australian Public Sector Organisations

DOI: 10.4324/9781003191131-5

Introduction

Due to current societal challenges, it can be argued that innovation processes in the public sector have the potential to enhance effectiveness and problem-solving capacities, which may result in better services. However, understanding how to develop a culture of innovation in the public sector still requires further research (Sousa, Ferreira & Vaz, 2020). In other words, although there is extensive research on innovation in the public sector, researchers still recommend the need to examine how can public sector organisations support processes of innovation (Lopes & Farias, 2020; Torfing, ...