Journal
JOURNAL OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH AND THEORY
Volume 19, Issue 3, Pages 495-522Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/jopart/mun021
Keywords
-
Categories
Ask authors/readers for more resources
Studies of the association between innovation characteristics and innovation adoption at the level of organization are scarce. This study develops direct and moderating hypotheses for the relationship between innovation characteristics, manager characteristics, and innovation adoption in public organizations. The hypotheses are tested using survey data on the adoption of 25 innovations in 725 local governments in the United States and data from a panel of experts. The findings suggest that both innovation characteristics and manager characteristics influence the adoption of innovation; however, they do not reveal significant moderating effects of manager characteristics on the relationship between innovation characteristics and innovation adoption. The implications of the findings are discussed for further research on innovation adoption in the public sector.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available