Innovation and Leadership in the Public Sector

7How Different Demographic Groups Perceive Workplace Innovation Related to Public Sector Culture

DOI: 10.4324/9781003191131-8

Introduction

This chapter identifies and outlines how demographic groups in the public sector organisation were found to have different perspectives of organisational culture and workplace innovation. This supports the organisational culture and climate literature that identifies organisation life may be perceived differently by different demographic groups. The concept of culture within an organisation is not homogeneous but pluralistic and often contested, with competing factions defining the organisation in a way that meets their cultural perceptions. The demographic groups studied were gender, marital status, age ...