Checking Perceptions and Reality in Small-Town Innovation Research

Dados Bibliográficos

ID3757765
AutoresRosanne London (Washington State University, Pullman, autor correspondente)
Ano1996
Volume39
Fascículo5
Páginas616-628
Data de publicação1996-03-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAmerican Behavioral Scientist (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0002-7642 • E-ISSN: 1552-3381
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0002764296039005008
OpenAlexW1997314328
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências citadas14

This article reports on the results of a study of innovation in programs and practices on the part of city and county governments in four western states. The objective of the research was to identify any patterns or "profiles" of innovative and noninnovative behavior that might serve the interest of promoting the "reinvention of government" at the local level. An unanticipated finding concerning how "innovation" is perceived emerged when a quantitative, four-state survey was followed up with an intensive study of six matched jurisdictions (small cities/towns) in the state of Washington. The implications of this finding for the conduct of community-oriented research are discussed

Economic growth · Economics · Government (linguistics) · Local government · Perception · Political science · Public relations · Regional science · Socioeconomics · Sociology · State (computer science) · Survey research · Innovation Diffusion and Forecasting · Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development · Open Source Software Innovations · Psychology · Public Administration