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Workplace innovation for better jobs and performance

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Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to describe the need for workplace innovation policies and practices in Europe and evaluate programs that already have been developed. Design/methodology/approach - The paper describes the concept of workplace innovation and trends in society explaining its emergence. The paper then presents and discusses the results of evaluation research as far as this is available. Findings - A growing number of countries is conducting or developing some kind of programme on workplace innovation. These programmes differ in size and governance. Evaluation research shows that simultaneous improvement of performance and quality of working life is possible under certain conditions such as the participation of employees in change projects. Research limitations/implications - Concepts and designs of evaluation research projects differ considerably. This gives new challenges for companies, trade unions, governments and researchers. In EU2020, little attention is paid to workplace innovation but there is a ray of hope in the draft integrated guidelines for employment policies and in the Flagship Initiative Innovation Union. Originality/value - Social innovation in the workplace, or workplace innovation, is a new concept, covering to some extent new practices that appear to be relevant for organisations and governments.

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  • Frank Pot, 2011. "Workplace innovation for better jobs and performance," International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 60(4), pages 404-415, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:eme:ijppmp:v:60:y:2011:i:4:p:404-415
    DOI: 10.1108/17410401111123562
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    1. Díaz-Chao, Ángel & Ficapal-Cusí, Pilar & Torrent Sellens, Joan, 2014. "Workplace or working environment? Job quality and economic crisis in Spain," EconStor Preprints 162057, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics.
    2. Ángel Díaz-Chao & Pilar Ficapal-Cusí & Joan Torrent-Sellens, 2016. "Economic Crisis and Job Quality in Spain: A Multi-dimensional and Micro-data Empirical Approach," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 125(2), pages 613-633, January.
    3. Hanan S. AlEssa & Christopher M. Durugbo, 2022. "Understanding innovative work behaviour of women in service firms," Service Business, Springer;Pan-Pacific Business Association, vol. 16(4), pages 825-862, December.
    4. Cristina LEOVARIDIS & Gabriela POPESCU, 2015. "Organizational Innovation – A Means to Enhance Quality of Life for Employees in Knowledge Economy," Management Dynamics in the Knowledge Economy, College of Management, National University of Political Studies and Public Administration, vol. 3(1), pages 25-43, March.
    5. Durugbo, Christopher M., 2020. "Affordance-based problem structuring for workplace innovation," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 284(2), pages 617-631.
    6. Díaz-Chao, Ángel & Ficapal-Cusí, Pilar & Torrent-Sellens, Joan, 2017. "Did small and medium enterprises maintain better jobs during the early years of the recession? Job quality multidimensional evidence from Spain," European Management Journal, Elsevier, vol. 35(3), pages 396-413.
    7. Kornelakis, Andreas, 2018. "Why are your reward strategies not working? The role of shareholder value, country context, and employee voice," Business Horizons, Elsevier, vol. 61(1), pages 107-113.
    8. Jan de Kok & Sophie Doove & Peter Oeij & Karolus Kraan, 2014. "Scale effects in workplace innovations," Scales Research Reports H201402, EIM Business and Policy Research.

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