Mainstreaming Innovation in Europe. Findings on Employee Innovation and Workplace Learning from Belgium
Abstract
The EU is striving for an ‘Innovative Union’. Various case studies already hinted that the involvement of various types of employees is crucial for the organisational innovativeness. Using data from a large scale Belgian employee level survey in five industries, this article focuses on the question how ‘mainstream’ innovation is in Belgian firms and how this coincides with forms of workplace learning. Innovation mainstreaming here refers to the inclusion of various occupational groups in the innovation process. Findings suggest that innovation in most sectors, is an ‘elite driven’ process with only a limited involvement of lower level employees. Moreover, genuine employee-driven innovations are a rarity. Nevertheless, the research also finds that workplace learning (job training and in-work learning opportunities) are potentially strong levers for employee innovation for all types of employees. Specifically providing in-work learning opportunities to technical workers could make innovation more mainstream in Europe.Download Info
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Paper provided by University Library of Munich, Germany in its series MPRA Paper with number 43406.Length:
Date of creation: Dec 2012
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Handle: RePEc:pra:mprapa:43406
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Keywords: Employee Driven Innovation; Innovation Mainstreaming; Innovative Work Behaviour; Workplace Learning;Find related papers by JEL classification:
- D23 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Organizational Behavior; Transaction Costs; Property Rights
- D83 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Search, Learning, and Information
- D8 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty
- O31 - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth - - Technological Change; Research and Development; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:
- NEP-ALL-2013-01-12 (All new papers)
- NEP-EUR-2013-01-12 (Microeconomic European Issues)
- NEP-HRM-2013-01-12 (Human Capital & Human Resource Management)
- NEP-INO-2013-01-12 (Innovation)
- NEP-KNM-2013-01-12 (Knowledge Management & Knowledge Economy)
- NEP-PPM-2013-01-12 (Project, Program & Portfolio Management)
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- De Spiegelaere, Stan & Van Gyes, Guy & Vandekerckhove, Sem & Van Hootegem, Geert, 2012. "Job design and innovative work behavior enabling innovation through active or low-strain jobs?," MPRA Paper 41105, University Library of Munich, Germany.
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