Fostering innovation through intrapreneurship in the South African public service

dc.contributor.authorSono, Lerato P.
dc.contributor.authorMalan, Lianne Priscilla
dc.date.accessioned2022-10-21T11:11:10Z
dc.date.available2022-10-21T11:11:10Z
dc.date.issued2021-12
dc.description.abstractThe 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.departmentSchool of Public Management and Administration (SPMA)en_US
dc.description.librarianam2022en_US
dc.description.urihttp://www.saapam.co.za/joba.htmlen_US
dc.identifier.citationSono, 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.issn0036-0767
dc.identifier.other10.10520/ejc-jpad_v56_n4_1_a2
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/87874
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSouth African Association for Public Administration and Managementen_US
dc.rightsSouth African Association for Public Administration and Managementen_US
dc.subjectInnovationen_US
dc.subjectIntrapreneurshipen_US
dc.subjectPublic serviceen_US
dc.subjectSouth Africa (SA)en_US
dc.titleFostering innovation through intrapreneurship in the South African public serviceen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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