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© 2024 The Author(s). Public Administration published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.There is considerable investment by government policymakers in supporting pilot innovation in public services, following which pilots prove difficult to sustain. Our 4-year longitudinal study of three pilot innovations in England, which seek to support the transition of care leavers into adulthood, provides insight into how such pilots can be sustained. Conceiving innovation as a journey, our study first identifies the dynamics of innovation around five key ingredients: the role of senior managers in cultivating a receptive context for innovation, distributed leadership, user co-production, measurement of outcomes, and innovation adaption. Second, our study highlights some ingredients are more important as implementation of innovation is initiated and may fade in importance as the innovation journey proceeds. Third, our study shows innovation ingredients are shaped by organizational contingencies of performance and financial pressures. Finally, we suggest a need for a contextualized implementation science framework to examine innovation in social care.
Author(s): Currie G, Lynch A, Swan J, Alderson H, Friel S, Harrop C, Johnson R, Kerridge G, Smart D, McGovern R, Munro E
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Public Administration
Year: 2024
Pages: epub ahead of print
Online publication date: 12/08/2024
Acceptance date: 25/07/2024
Date deposited: 18/10/2024
ISSN (print): 0033-3298
ISSN (electronic): 1467-9299
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Inc
URL: https://doi.org/10.1111/padm.13028
DOI: 10.1111/padm.13028
Data Access Statement: The data that support the findings of this study are available on request from the corresponding author. The data are not publicly available due to privacy or ethical restrictions.
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