Key drivers and barriers to senior public managers’ engagement in digital service innovative behaviour: a qualitative study

Hedva Vinarski Peretz and Aviv Kidron

Public Management Review, 2025, vol. 27, issue 3, 653-678

Abstract: This article examines the underlying mechanism by which both internal and external drivers affect public managers’ innovative behaviour within digital service organisations.Twenty-three semi-structured interviews with senior managers from various Israeli government organizations form the basis of the study. A thematic analysis yielded four themes two related to internal factors: 1. The discourse on innovation, and 2. Organizational politics and cost-benefit, and two related to external factors: 1. Role models and 2. Citizens’ inquiries for digital services. The findings underscore the need to consider the boundaries and agency for innovation in the public sector political atmosphere.

Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1080/14719037.2023.2254789

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