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Public sector innovation in the Asia‐pacific trends, challenges, and opportunities

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ID11959232
AuthorsZeger Van Der Wal (0000-0002-4872-3342, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy National University of Singapore Singapore, corresponding author), Mehmet Akif Demircioğlu (0000-0003-2137-1452, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy National University of Singapore Singapore)
Year2020
Volume79
Issue3
Pages271-278
Publication date2020-06-18
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAustralian Journal of Public Administration (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0313-6647 • E-ISSN: 1467-8500
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/1467-8500.12435
OpenAlexW3036692784
LanguageEN
Citations received21
References cited46

Public organizations face a multitude of challenges that force them to innovate existing processes, policies, programs, and products. Indeed, in recent years, innovation has become a core topic of study in public administration. However, the vast majority of the public sector innovation literature stems from the United States and Western Europe. The lack of Asia‐Pacific studies is particularly striking given that countries like Australia, China, Japan, New Zealand, South Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan consistently rank high on public sector innovation. This special issue brings together state of the art empirical research on public sector innovation in the Asia‐Pacific region that examines a range of drivers and outcomes of innovation, including studies comparing Asia‐Pacific countries and countries in the East and the West. The findings show that public sector employees in the studied countries all seek opportunities to innovate, whereas cultural norms and values either constrain or enable innovative behaviour and affect the extent to which employees experience leadership support for displaying such behaviour

Asia pacific · Business · China · Development economics · East Asia · Economic growth · Economics · Economy · Geography · International trade · Multitude · Pacific Rim · Political science · Public sector · State (computer science · Public Policy and Administration Research · Public Procurement and Policy · Public-Private Partnership Projects

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Unique citing works21
Citations per year3,5
Citation span2020 - 2026 (7)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 21

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