Enhancing innovation speed through trust: a case study on reframing employee defensive routines

Christina Marie Mitcheltree ()
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Christina Marie Mitcheltree: The Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, 2021, vol. 10, issue 1, 1-31

Abstract: Abstract Trust in organizations plays an essential role for efficient innovation implementation. However, trust between managers and employees is under-communicated in relation to innovation speed. Innovation speed is related to innovation adoption, concerning new ways of performing laboratory services within the health sector. The purpose of this case study is to investigate how trust mechanisms may enhance innovation speed by reducing employee decisions to perform defensive routines. The focus is related to trust as a social condition for enhancing innovation acceptance in the context of management and organizing styles subject to the Norwegian Work Life Model. The study found that a lack of employee participation and involvement may result in emotional tension, a sense of uncertainty, disconnect, and various defensive mechanisms towards management and the innovation. Consequently, employees’ attention, loyalty, and responsibility might be redirected away from the innovation.

Keywords: Trust; Innovation speed; Innovation adoption; Organizational innovation; Defensive routines; Health care; Case study (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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