Similar structures, different interpretations: perceived possibilities for employee-driven innovation in two teams within an industrial organisation

Tea Lempiälä, Sari Yli-Kauhaluoma and Jaana Näsänen

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management, 2018, vol. 22, issue 4/5, 362-380

Abstract: Our study discusses how two teams within a similar structural setting perceive their ability to engage in employee-driven innovation in a highly differing manner. We show how the way in which the team members perceived their role and relevance in the organisation influenced whether they experienced the organisational structures as rigid and unnegotiable or flexible and permitting of proactive innovation efforts. Drawing on literature on employee-driven innovation and idea championing, we contribute to the discussion of how employees can be supported to grow into idea champions (and hence to perceive opportunities, rather than limitations) in industrial organisations.

Keywords: employee-driven innovation; idea championing; managerial support; case study; qualitative research; industrial organisations; innovation structures; intrapreneurship. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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