Newswise — Israeli public sector social welfare and health organizations lead in organizational innovativeness. This was revealed in new research conducted at the University of Haifa for the European Union, that evaluated public sector organizations in nine European countries " Great Britain, Ireland, Holland, Lithuania, Slovakia, Sweden, Norway and Spain.
The research, which was conducted by Dr. Ayalla Ruvio in cooperation with Prof. Eran Vigoda-Gadot, Dr. Aviv Shoham and Dr. Nitza Shuvebsky of the University of Haifa, collected 100 questionnaires from employees and managers at social welfare and health organizations in the public sector in each of the countries in the study. The research found that the traits that effect in organizational innovativeness are: openness to change, risk-taking, future-orientation, creativity and pro-activeness. Of these five traits, Israeli organizations lead in three and are second in two.
The study revealed that Israeli organizations are outstanding in their creativity " receiving a grade of 4.25 out of 5. In second place are the Slovakian organizations which scored 4.21 and in third place are the Norwegian organizations that scored 4.08.
The future-orientation of the Israeli organization is also a leading trait. The Israelis scored 3.93 while Slovakia scored 3.89 and Norway 3.55. Israelis are also first in their pro-activism, scoring 3.76, followed by the Norwegians (3.7) and the Spanish (3.55).
Israelis are second in risk-taking with an average score of 3.19, while the Slovakians lead with 3.47. The Slovakians are first in their openness to change with a score of 4.29 while Israelis are second with a score of 3.9.
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