TY - JOUR
T1 - From Hero-Innovators to Distributed Heroism
T2 - An in-depth analysis of the role of individuals in public sector innovation
AU - Meijer, A. J.
PY - 2014/2/1
Y1 - 2014/2/1
N2 - Building on the literature on collaborative leadership, this paper explores the roles of individual persons in processes of public innovation. On the basis of a literature review, a heuristic model is developed that consists of roles at different levels (entrepreneurial leadership versus innovation realization) and in different phases (idea generation, selection, testing, scaling-up, and diffusion). The value of this model is explored through an in-depth, longitudinal analysis of a police innovation in the Netherlands. The empirical study underlines the value of the model and shows that, although individual hero-innovators may not exist, distributed heroism does.
AB - Building on the literature on collaborative leadership, this paper explores the roles of individual persons in processes of public innovation. On the basis of a literature review, a heuristic model is developed that consists of roles at different levels (entrepreneurial leadership versus innovation realization) and in different phases (idea generation, selection, testing, scaling-up, and diffusion). The value of this model is explored through an in-depth, longitudinal analysis of a police innovation in the Netherlands. The empirical study underlines the value of the model and shows that, although individual hero-innovators may not exist, distributed heroism does.
KW - entrepreneurial leadership
KW - innovators
KW - police
KW - Public innovation
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84896739524&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/14719037.2013.806575
DO - 10.1080/14719037.2013.806575
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84896739524
SN - 1471-9037
VL - 16
SP - 199
EP - 216
JO - Public Management Review
JF - Public Management Review
IS - 2
ER -