Analysing the environmental antecedents of innovation adoption among politicians and public managers
基于对奥地利600多名市长和管理者的调查，发现政治家和公共管理者虽识别出相同创新类型，但影响其采纳的环境前因不同，建议未来研究同时纳入两者。
This study presents evidence on public innovation from the perspectives of politicians and public managers. Environmental antecedents are analysed with regard to their impact on innovation adoption. Data are drawn from a survey of over 600 mayors and managers in Austrian local government. Results show that they identify the same innovation types but indicate different antecedents of innovation adoption. Findings for managers are broadly in line with results from larger jurisdictions. Since there are crucial dissimilarities in the factors explaining the adoption of innovation, we suggest that politicians and managers both be included in future studies of local government innovation.