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

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  • Hedva Vinarski Peretz
  • Aviv Kidron

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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.

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  • Hedva Vinarski Peretz & Aviv Kidron, 2025. "Key drivers and barriers to senior public managers’ engagement in digital service innovative behaviour: a qualitative study," Public Management Review, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 27(3), pages 653-678, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rpxmxx:v:27:y:2025:i:3:p:653-678
    DOI: 10.1080/14719037.2023.2254789
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