Practice‐based innovation: a learning perspective
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to explore the idea of practice‐based innovation and to propose a framework that can be used to conceptualize and analyze practice‐based innovation processes in organizations.
Design/methodology/approach
The argument is driven by conceptual analysis and theoretical synthesis based on theory and research on innovation, organizational change, individual and organizational learning.
Findings
The proposed framework portrays practice‐based innovation as a cyclical process of adaptive and developmental learning driven by contradictions and tensions between explicit and implicit dimensions of work processes.
Originality/value
The paper adds to previous research through its focus on practice‐based innovation and the conceptualization of this notion in terms of learning in and through everyday work. It thus creates connections between innovation research and research on workplace learning.
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Citation
Ellström, P. (2010), "Practice‐based innovation: a learning perspective", Journal of Workplace Learning, Vol. 22 No. 1/2, pp. 27-40. https://doi.org/10.1108/13665621011012834
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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