Synopses & Reviews
This title presents research in Employee-Driven Innovation, an emergent field of study that meets the demand for exploiting new innovative potentials in organizations. There is a growing interest in creating new knowledge in innovation, emphasizing human resources and social processes. The authors intend to take the global lead in research on these areas.
About the Author
STEEN HØYRUP is an associate professor in Education and Director of the research programme 'Organisation and Learning' at the Department of Education, Aarhus University, Denmark. He is engaged in the management of the EDI-network: The European network of Employee-Driven Innovation and Workplace Learning.
MARIA BONNAFOUS-BOUCHER is a professor and Dean of Research at Novancia, Paris Chamber of Commerce and Industry Business School, France.
CATHRINE HASSE is a professor at the Department of Education, Aarhus University, Denmark.
MAJA LOTZ is an assistant professor at the Department of Business and Politics, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark.
KIRSTEN MØLLER is a project manager at the Department of Education, Aarhus University, Denmark.
Table of Contents
Foreword; T.FenwickPART I: THE NATURE OF EMPLOYEE-DRIVEN INNOVATIONEmployee-driven Innovation: A New Phenomenon, Concept and Mode of Innovation; S.HøyrupEmployee-driven Innovation: Operating in a Chiaroscuro; A.Teglborg, R.Redien-Collot, C.Viala &M.Bonnafous-BoucherIn Search of Best Practices for Employee-driven Innovation: Experiences from Norwegian Work Life; T.M.Aasen, O.Amundsen, L.J.Gressgård &K.HansenPART II: EMPLOYEE-DRIVEN INNOVATION IN THE WORKPLACE MEDIATED THROUGH EMPLOYEE'S LEARNINGCreating Work: Employee-driven Innovation Through Work Practice Reconstruction; O.M.Price, D.Boud &H.ScheeresExplaining Innovation at Work: A Sociopersonal Account; S.BillettInnovation Competency - an Essential Organizational Asset; L.DarsøEmployee-driven Innovation and Practice-based Learning in Organizational Cultures; C.Hasse &U.BrandiEmployee-driven Innovation Amongst 'Routine' Employees in the UK: The Role of Organizational 'Strategies' and Individual 'Tactics'; E.Waite, K.Evans &N.KershPART III: EMPLOYEE-DRIVEN INNOVATION UNFOLDED IN GLOBAL NETWORKS AND COMPLEX SYSTEMSMoving Organizations toward Employee Driven Innovation (EDI) in Work Practices and on a Global Scale: Possibilities and Challenges; M.Lotz and P.H.KristensenExploring the Employee-driven Innovation Concept by Comparing 'Innovation Capability Management' among German and Chinese Firms; W.Fees &A.H.TaherizadehPrivileged yet Restricted?: Employee-driven Innovation and Learning in Three R&D Communities; T.Lempiälä and S.Yli-KauhaluomaEmployee Driven Innovation and Industrial Relations; S.De Spiegelaere &G.Van Gyes