Lyndsey Middleton is a PhD student at Edinburgh Napier University. Her research aims to create a framework explaining the development of innovative work behavior through workplace learning and the factors that influence this relationship. So far, her findings show that innovative work behavior can be conceptualized as a process of workplace learning and that mistakes in learning can lead to employee-led innovation. Her research also explores how organizational contexts and employee characteristics can influence innovative work behavior development related to workplace learning. Her next steps include quantitative data analysis to explore national innovation factors across Europe and case studies of organizations to investigate differences in innovative work behavior development.

1. THE LITERATURE REVIEW FINDINGS
Enhancing the capacity for workplace
learning and innovation in Scotland
Lyndsey Middleton (née Jenkins), final year PhD student, Edinburgh Napier University
Supervisors: Professor Hazel Hall, Professor Robert Raeside and Dr Laura Muir
THE AIM
THE RESEARCH QUESTIONS
FINDINGS SO FAR
Find me elsewhere:
Email: L.Middleton@napier.ac.uk
Twitter: @Middleton_Ly
Blog: lyndseyjenkins.org
University page: http://www.napier.ac.uk/people/lyndsey-middleton
METHODS
Create a framework to explain
the development of innovative
work behaviour through
workplace learning, and factors
that influence this relationship
• Innovative work behaviour (IWB) can be
conceptualised as workplace learning processes
• Mistakes in the learning process can lead to innovative
work behaviour (employee-led innovation)
• IWB development can be influenced by organisational
contexts and employee characteristics
• IWB development (related to workplace learning) is not
yet explored from the information science perspective
NEXT STEPS
OF WORK
Stage 1:
Explore factors that influence national innovation
across Europe using:
• Community Innovation Survey
• Eurostat training, employment and education
data
• Quantitative data analysis using statistical tests
Stage3:
• Workshop
• Practitioner perspectives
• Explore potential constraints
• Practicalities of results
• Policy relevance of findings
Stage 2:
Case studies of three organisations to investigate
contextual differences in IWB development:
• Case studies: (1) Scottish University; (2) Finnish
University; (3) English NHS Trust
• Data collected through interviews, focus groups
and a quantitative survey
• Information literacy helps to initiate innovative work
behaviour
• Different information behaviours contribute to the
creation of new ideas, the championing of ideas
(gaining support) and idea implementation
The analysis of interviews and focus group
discussions have revealed that:
• Organisational culture and
leadership are determinants of
successful learning and
facilitation of of innovative
work behaviour
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1. How do contextual factors support the
development of innovative work behaviour for
application and the individual and collective levels?
2. How do information literacy and information
behaviours support successful workplace learning
as related to the development of innovative work
behaviour?
3. What are the determinants of successful
workplace learning in relation to learning to
innovate?
4. How can successful workplace learning be
identified in relation to learning to innovate?
• Analysis of quantitative survey
data reflect findings of
interviews and focus groups