Innovation and Leadership in the Public Sector (PDF)

Mahmoud Moussa, Ph.D., is a lecturer/ coordinator at the College of Business, Government and Law at Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia. He is a member of the editorial board at Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies ( EEMCS ) Journal, Emerald Group Publishing. He has been teaching Business and Management courses for the undergraduate and postgraduate students in Thailand and Australia for the last 15 years. He has conducted research and published extensively on human computer interaction, attitudes and perceptions of interactions within organisations, cross- cultural management, HRD and HRM. His current research interest involves innovation in Australian public sector organisations.

Leonie Newnham, PhD, is a Senior Lecturer at the Business and Hospitality Vertical, Torrens University, Australia. She has many years of experience in tertiary education including academia and education and training having worked part time in this field while employed as a manager in the Victorian Public Service. Coupled with a similar number of years of experience in businesses across various sectors including all levels of government, academia, education and training, corporate governance and not- for- profit sectors. She has had a career that has included academia, education and training programmes, executive and strategic management, operational policy, organisational and workforce planning, innovation and change management, diversity and inclusion and emergency management roles, industry, major business projects and managing organisations and teams. Her research experience addresses workplace innovation, organisational culture, organisational change, agile organisations, environmental sustainability and the public sector.

Adela McMurray is Professor of Management/ HRM and Innovation at Flinders University Australia and Honorary Professor at RMIT University, Melbourne. She serves as Guest Editor on the