The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of New Public Management (NPM) reforms/practices on innovation in public sector organizations. Although much is written on NPM, the assumption that NPM reforms stimulate organizational innovation has not been empirically tested. The present study is an attempt to bridge this research gap.,Building on open-systems approach, institutional theory, and innovation research, this study argues that organizational innovation occurs in response to stimuli in the external (environmental factors) and internal environment (organizational factors), considering NPM reforms/practices as a proxy for external or environmental factors. Organizational factors include formal structural complexity, senior management support and job security. The study tests this model using data from a national survey conducted in five states in the US.,The study provides empirical insights into our understanding of the factors that drive innovation in public sector organizations. The study finds that although environmental factors are as significant as organizational factors in driving innovation in the public sector, senior management support remains the most important predictor of innovation.,This paper fulfils an identified need to study the effect of NPM reforms and practices on innovation in public organizational settings.

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公共组织的创新：政府改革重要吗？

本研究的目的是研究新公共管理（NPM）改革/实践对公共部门组织创新的影响。尽管有关NPM的文章很多，但尚未对NPM改革刺激组织创新的假设进行实证检验。本研究试图弥合这一研究差距。基于开放系统方法，制度理论和创新研究，该研究认为组织创新是对外部（环境因素）和内部环境（组织因素），考虑将NPM改革/实践作为外部或环境因素的替代。组织因素包括正式的结构复杂性，高级管理支持和工作安全性。该研究使用在美国五个州进行的全国性调查数据测试了该模型。该研究提供了对我们对推动公共部门组织创新的因素的理解的经验性见解。研究发现，尽管环境因素在推动公共部门创新中与组织因素同等重要，但高级管理层的支持仍然是创新的最重要预测指标。本文满足研究NPM改革和实践对创新影响的确定需求。在公共组织设置中。