000			01472nam a2200181Ia 4500
008			181130s2018 xx 000 0 und d
100			_aHartley, Jean
245			_aInnovation and inter-organizational learning in the context pf public service reform
260			_c2018
300			_ap.231-248.
504			_dJun
520			_aThis article examines links between innovation and inter-organizational learning in the context of public service reform. The theory-building and empirical research draws on longitudinal analysis using mixed methods and multiple stakeholder respondents, set in the context of the Beacon Scheme, an instrument of UK public service reform. The research examines two questions: first, how does inter-organizational learning contribute to innovation? Second, how do changes in the approach to inter-organizational learning shape changes in the approach to innovation over time? The research on the whole of English local government (N?=?388) used temporal bracketing to examine developments in three phases over nine years. The article builds theory about the inter-organizational learning underpinning innovation, and shows that the approach to innovation changed over time, shifting from learning to imitate, to learning to innovate. - Reproduced.
650			_aCivil service
650			_aCivil service reform - U.K.
700			_aRashman, Lyndsay
773			_aInternational Review of Administrative Sciences
906			_aCivil service
999			_c506776 _d506776