TY - JOUR
T1 - Public sector readiness for value co-creation
T2 - The diffusion of a governance innovation
AU - Nordberg, Kenneth
AU - Narbutaité Aflaki, Inga
PY - 2024/9/12
Y1 - 2024/9/12
N2 - The article explores the spread of an innovative model for state–third sector partnerships used inSweden among local governments in Finland. The study employed action-based research togenerate and analyse data from four self-selected municipalities. The study reveals majorfacilitators and obstacles in spreading and adopting collaborative cross-sector models as they gobeyond simple methodological or legal issues and require a shift in public sector logics andidentities. The results suggest that resistance is more ‘in the heads’ of municipal managers andpoliticians and engrained in administrative traditions than in legal paragraphs or financial shortages.
AB - The article explores the spread of an innovative model for state–third sector partnerships used inSweden among local governments in Finland. The study employed action-based research togenerate and analyse data from four self-selected municipalities. The study reveals majorfacilitators and obstacles in spreading and adopting collaborative cross-sector models as they gobeyond simple methodological or legal issues and require a shift in public sector logics andidentities. The results suggest that resistance is more ‘in the heads’ of municipal managers andpoliticians and engrained in administrative traditions than in legal paragraphs or financial shortages.
KW - Action-based research
KW - co-creation
KW - diffusion
KW - organisational learning
KW - public sector innovation
KW - Public Value
U2 - 10.1080/09540962.2024.2397050
DO - 10.1080/09540962.2024.2397050
M3 - Article
SN - 0954-0962
JO - Public Money and Management
JF - Public Money and Management
ER -