Public sector creativity
Triggers, practices and ideas for public sector innovations. A longitudinal digital diary study
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21723784 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Glenn Houtgraaf (0000-0002-1970-437X, Department of Public Administration, Radboud Universiteit, Public Administration, Nijmegen, Netherlands, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 8 |
| Pages | 1610-1631 |
| Publication date | 2023-08-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Public Management Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1471-9037 • E-ISSN: 1471-9045 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14719037.2022.2037015 |
| OpenAlex | W4220701748 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 14 |
| References cited | 64 |
This qualitative longitudinal digital diary study explores public sector creativity in practice, analysing public servants’ ideas, in terms of type and magnitude, and what practices public servants apply in coming up with these ideas and what initially triggered their creativity. Contrasting with extant research and assumptions, the findings indicate that public servants working in public executive agencies are creative, generating a diversity of ideas by applying a range of practices including expressions of autonomous and radical creativity. However, the findings also underscore the pragmatic nature of public sector creativity that is focused on keeping things running: incremental, practical and reactive
Creativity · Extant taxon · Political science · Public relations · Public sector · Sociology · Cultural Industries and Urban Development · Management and Organizational Studies · Psychology · Public Policy and Administration Research · Social Psychology
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Beyond Big and Little
| Unique citing works | 14 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 4,67 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2026 (4) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 13 |