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Workplace innovation and social innovation: an introduction

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  • Jürgen Howaldt
  • Peter R.A. Oeij
  • Steven Dhondt
  • Ben Fruytier

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This is the introduction to this special issue of World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development (WREMSD) dedicated to workplace innovation and social innovation related to work and organisation. As technological and business model innovations alone are not sufficient to enhance opportunities for businesses and employment, awareness is rising that better use should be made of human talents and new ways of organising and managing. In order to make working environments more receptive for innovation, and to enable people in organisations to take up an entrepreneurial role as intrapreneurs, a shift towards workplace innovation can be observed. Workplace innovation is complementary to technological and business model innovation, and a necessary ingredient for successful renewal, in that it addresses a type of management that seeks collaboration with employees through dialogue and employee engagement. Consequently, not only improvements of the quality of work for employees become beckoning perspectives, improving the business is at hand as well through successful innovations in the organisation's functioning, its culture of cooperation and leadership and the implementation of changes in the domain of HR-practices.

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  • Jürgen Howaldt & Peter R.A. Oeij & Steven Dhondt & Ben Fruytier, 2016. "Workplace innovation and social innovation: an introduction," World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 12(1), pages 1-12.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:wremsd:v:12:y:2016:i:1:p:1-12
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    Cited by:

    1. Kassem HAMMOUD, 2018. "Comparative Analysis Of Innovative Forms Of Work Organization At European Level," Proceedings of the INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE, Faculty of Management, Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania, vol. 12(1), pages 367-377, November.
    2. Jol Stoffers & Klaes Eringa & Jamie Niks & Anne Kleefstra, 2021. "Workplace Innovation and Organizational Performance in the Hospitality Industry," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(11), pages 1-13, May.
    3. Carlos Madridejos Ornilla, 2024. "The EU Trust Fund for Colombia: Valuable lessons for hybrid peacebuilding," Development Policy Review, Overseas Development Institute, vol. 42(2), March.

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