Examining the influence of demographic factors on the adoption of managerial innovations in local government Online publication date: Wed, 31-Jan-2024
by Nataša Rupčić; Mirjana Grčić Fabić; Helga Pavlić Skender
International Journal of Human Resources Development and Management (IJHRDM), Vol. 23, No. 3, 2023
Abstract: The purpose of this study is to elucidate the effect that managerial demographic attributes of age, gender, education and experience have on the adoption of managerial innovations in local government. The results show that the selected demographic characteristics of chief administrative officers do not serve as an indicator of managerial innovation adoption in local government. The findings also indicate that the development of the Croatian local government is presently not under significant influence of the new public management paradigm. Our findings confirm some earlier findings and offer new insights into the behaviour of local government from the managerial perspective. This paper also makes an important contribution to the understanding of the local government practices in Croatia. In that way, we have responded to the call to conduct research in other socio-cultural contexts, especially on the level of local government.
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