Third European Company Survey : workplace innovation in European companies

Workplace innovation (WPI) refers to practices that enable employees to participate in organisational change in such a way as to improve the quality of their working life and organisational performance.

This report examines the motives behind the adoption of WPI and describes its implementation across companies in Europe.

The analysis reveals that while the reasons for introducing WPI are mainly related to enhancing efficiency, competitiveness and innovation, one positive result seems to be to strengthen the position of employees and employee representatives.