Public sector innovation is a management paradigm that introduces novel actions and artefacts in confronting societal challenges. However, the enabling or inhibiting role of innovation remains a conundrum that necessitates on-going analysis and critique for advancing public management discourse and scholarship. The purpose of this article is to analyse the drivers and barriers to innovation in the public sector based on a meta-synthesis of management literature. In-depth analysis of 21 qualitative studies reporting on innovation in the public sector identifies five themes for drivers and barriers. Insights from the synthesis pose research challenges for public sector organisations to look beyond praxis to crisis, discover co-creative radius, recognise ambiguous capacities, and attain integrative intelligence. Using insights from identified concepts and themes, the article develops a line of argument on the contextualisation of innovation for public management and sheds light on areas for future research on public sector innovation.

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在教条与怀疑之间：公共部门创新的元综合

公共部门创新是一种管理范式，它在应对社会挑战时引入了新的行动和人工制品。然而，创新的促进或抑制作用仍然是一个难题，需要对推进公共管理话语和学术进行持续的分析和批评。本文的目的是基于管理文献的元综合分析公共部门创新的驱动因素和障碍。对 21 项关于公共部门创新的定性研究报告的深入分析确定了驱动因素和障碍的五个主题。从综合中获得的见解对公共部门组织提出了研究挑战，使他们超越实践看到危机，发现共同创造半径，识别模棱两可的能力，并获得综合智能。