Fostering innovation through intrapreneurship in the South African public service

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dc.contributor.author Sono, Lerato P.
dc.contributor.author Malan, L.P. (Lianne Priscilla)
dc.date.accessioned 2022-10-21T11:11:10Z
dc.date.available 2022-10-21T11:11:10Z
dc.date.issued 2021-12
dc.description.abstract The South African government's goal to achieve an effective and efficient public service that is development-orientated has led it towards a greater focus on innovation. In this context, public servants have been identified as one of the key sources of innovation and are called upon to generate innovative solutions to public service challenges ‒ a practice referred to as intrapreneurship. However, studies on intrapreneurship in South Africa's public service have revealed the lack of an enabling environment for intrapreneurship. This brings into question the conditions that are necessary to foster intrapreneurship and its diffusion across the South African public service. Thus, through qualitative research methods, this study investigated how the calls for public servants to become intrapreneurs are translated into practice, to better understand the context in which this practice must be fostered; and to explore some of the ways to mitigate identified barriers. The findings reveal that institutional management support, political and policy support, positive perceptions of risk-taking and sufficient funding for innovation are some of the key enablers for intrapreneurship in the South African public service. This article, therefore, provides insight into issues related to the promotion of intrapreneurship in the public service. en_US
dc.description.department School of Public Management and Administration (SPMA) en_US
dc.description.librarian am2022 en_US
dc.description.uri http://www.saapam.co.za/joba.html en_US
dc.identifier.citation Sono, L.P. & Malan, L.P. 2021, 'Fostering innovation through intrapreneurship in the South African public service', Journal of Public Administration, vol. 56, no. 4.1, pp. 936-967, doi : 10.10520/ejc-jpad_v56_n4_1_a2. en_US
dc.identifier.issn 0036-0767
dc.identifier.other 10.10520/ejc-jpad_v56_n4_1_a2
dc.identifier.uri https://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/87874
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher South African Association for Public Administration and Management en_US
dc.rights South African Association for Public Administration and Management en_US
dc.subject Innovation en_US
dc.subject Intrapreneurship en_US
dc.subject Public service en_US
dc.subject South Africa (SA) en_US
dc.title Fostering innovation through intrapreneurship in the South African public service en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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