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Introducing role theory to analyse innovation for inclusive development systems
Kleinhans, M. E. 2025. Introducing role theory to analyse innovation for inclusive development systems. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Stellenbosch: Stellenbosch University [online]. Available: https://scholar.sun.ac.za/items/c00c8ecf-6aa5-4afd-8c5c-42fc382dedd6
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| spelling | oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/132584 Introducing role theory to analyse innovation for inclusive development systems Kleinhans, Meraki Emmi Grobbelaar, Sara Herselman, Marlien Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Engineering. Dept. of Industrial Engineering. Technological innovations -- Social aspects Role playing Sustainable development Economic development -- Social aspects UCTD Kleinhans, M. E. 2025. Introducing role theory to analyse innovation for inclusive development systems. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Stellenbosch: Stellenbosch University [online]. Available: https://scholar.sun.ac.za/items/c00c8ecf-6aa5-4afd-8c5c-42fc382dedd6 Thesis (PhD)--Stellenbosch University, 2025. ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Innovation is often regarded as one of the key activities contributing to economic and societal development and growth. However, the marginalised tend to be excluded from mainstream innovations, contributing to increased inequality. Innovation for inclusive development (I4ID) aims to address these inequalities by reducing the exclusion of the marginalised and improving their living conditions. Although the aim of I4ID is to include the marginalised in the development of innovation processes, I4ID projects or interventions often fail or fail to produce significantly improved social outcomes. Various innovation for inclusive development systems (I4IDSs) have been analysed us- ing the innovation systems (ISs) framework, which has become a popular approach for analysing innovations from a systems perspective. An abundance of research has been dedicated to studying the performance of I4IDSs using the event history analy- sis (EHA) approach to analyse the temporal fulfilment of the functions and processes required for the development, diffusion, and adoption of innovation. However, limited focus has been placed on the involvement of the actors. Actors are central to I4IDSs, and an enhanced understanding of their dynamics and involvement in innovation activi- ties could result in improved outcomes. Since actors are particular to projects or case studies, role theory is employed, and actors are classified according to the roles they portray in order to enable cross-case study comparisons and generalise the derived insights. In this study, a methodological process for generating actor-specific insights in an I4IDS is proposed as a conceptual framework through the application of the design science research as a methodology process model. The conceptual framework is primarily constructed by integrating a functional IS process tracing approach, EHA, and role theory. Three iterative demonstration-evaluation-development cycles are employed in this study to develop the conceptual framework and two complementary auxiliary tools. The first two episodes are applied to two real-world educational community intervention case studies. Thereafter, semi-structured interviews are conducted with subject matter experts who evaluate and validate the conceptual framework. The final conceptual framework is presented as implementation guidelines, together with the two auxiliary tools which automate, simplify, and expedite multiple steps in the conceptual framework to increase its accessibility and usability. The actor-related insights generated by implementing the final conceptual framework and auxiliary tools prove the value and usefulness of incorporating role theory with the integrated EHA approach to analyse I4ID projects. Additionally, the practical contribu- tion of this study enables researchers or project implementers to learn from previously implemented projects and enhance their understanding of I4ID contexts. AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Innovasie word dikwels beskou as een van die sleutelaktiwiteite wat bydra tot ekonomiese en samelewingsontwikkeling en -groei. Die verstotenes is egter geneig om uitgesluit te word van hoofstroominnovasies, wat bydra tot toenemende ongelykhede. Innovasie vir inklusiewe ontwikkeling (IVIO) poog om hierdie ongelykhede aan te spreek deur die uitsluiting van die verstotenes te verminder en hul lewensomstandighede te verbeter. Alhoewel die doel van IVIO is om die verstotenes by die ontwikkeling van innovasiepros- esse in te sluit, misluk IVIO-projekte of intervensies dikwels en lei hulle nie na aansienlik verbeterde sosiale uitkomste nie. Verskeie innovasie vir inklusiewe ontwikkelingstelsels (IVIOSs) is ontleed deur gebruik te maak van die innovasie sisteem (IS) raamwerk, wat ’n gewilde benadering geword het vir die ontleding van innovasies vanuit ’n stelselperspektief. ’n Oorvloed van navorsing is gewy aan die bestudering van die verrigtinge van IVIOSs, in die konteks van historiese gebeurtenis analise (HGA), deur die vervulling van die funksies wat benodig word vir die ontwikkeling, verspreiding, en aanvaarding van innovasie te ontleed. Maar daar is egter ’n beperkte fokus op die betrokkenheid van die akteurs. Akteurs is sentraal tot IVIOSs, en ’n beter begrip van hul dinamika en betrokkenheid by innovasieaktiwiteite kan lei na beter uitkomste. Aangesien akteurs spesifiek is tot projekte of gevallestudies, word rolteorie gebruik, en akteurs word geklassifiseer volgens die rolle wat hulle vervul om vergelykings tussen gevallestudies moontlik te maak en die afgeleide insigte te veralgemeen. In hierdie studie word ’n metodologiese proses vir die generering van akteurspesifieke insigte in ’n IVIOS voorgestel as ’n konseptuele raamwerk deur die toepassing van die wetenskaplike ontwerpsnavorsing as ’n metodologieprosesmodel. Die konseptuele raamw- erk is hoofsaaklik saamgestel deur ’n funksionele IS-analise- en prosesvolgbenadering, HGA, en rolteorie te integreer. Drie herhalende demonstrasie-evaluasie-ontwikkelingsiklusse word in hierdie studie gebruik om die konseptuele raamwerk en twee aanvullende hulpinstrumente te ontwikkel. Die eerste twee episodes word toegepas op twee regte-wˆereld opvoedkundige gemeenskap intervensie gevallestudies. Daarna word semi-gestruktureerde onderhoude gevoer met vakkundiges wat die konseptuele raamwerk evalueer. Die finale konseptuele raamwerk word aangebied as implementeringsriglyne, tesame met die twee hulpinstrumente wat verskeie stappe in die konseptuele raamwerk outomatiseer, vereenvoudig, en bespoedig om die toeganklikheid en bruikbaarheid daarvan te verhoog. Die akteur-verwante insigte wat gegenereer word deur die implementering van die finale konseptuele raamwerk en hulpinstrumente bewys die waarde en bruikbaarheid daarvan om rolteorie met die ge¨ıntegreerde HGA-benadering te inkorporeer om IVIO-projekte te ontleed. Boonop stel die praktiese bydrae van hierdie studie navorsers of projekimple- menteerders in staat om van voorheen ge¨ımplementeerde projekte te leer en hul begrip van IVIO-kontekste te verbeter. Doctoral 2025-06-11T10:07:03Z 2025-06-11T10:07:03Z 2025-03 Thesis https://scholar.sun.ac.za/handle/10019.1/132584 Stellenbosch University xxv, 445 pages : illustrations application/pdf Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University |
| spellingShingle | Technological innovations -- Social aspects Role playing Sustainable development Economic development -- Social aspects UCTD Kleinhans, Meraki Emmi Introducing role theory to analyse innovation for inclusive development systems |
| title | Introducing role theory to analyse innovation for inclusive development systems |
| title_full | Introducing role theory to analyse innovation for inclusive development systems |
| title_fullStr | Introducing role theory to analyse innovation for inclusive development systems |
| title_full_unstemmed | Introducing role theory to analyse innovation for inclusive development systems |
| title_short | Introducing role theory to analyse innovation for inclusive development systems |
| title_sort | introducing role theory to analyse innovation for inclusive development systems |
| topic | Technological innovations -- Social aspects Role playing Sustainable development Economic development -- Social aspects UCTD |
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