Chief Executive Support and Innovation adoption
Administration & SocietyPublished 1 August 1980Open access
James L. Perry, Kenneth L. Kraemer
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This article tests a model of the influence of chief executive support on innovation outcomes in local government organizations. Propositions taken from the literature are causally ordered and tested using path analysis. The model is weakly supported by the analysis. Several explanations are offered for the results.
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