Foreword T.Fenwick PART I: THE NATURE OF EMPLOYEE-DRIVEN INNOVATION Employee-driven Innovation: A New Phenomenon, Concept and Mode of Innovation S.Hoyrup Employee-driven Innovation: Operating in a Chiaroscuro A.Teglborg , R.Redien-Collot , C.Viala & M.Bonnafous-Boucher In Search of Best Practices for Employee-driven Innovation: Experiences from Norwegian Work Life T.M.Aasen , O.Amundsen , L.J.Gressgard & K.Hansen PART II: EMPLOYEE-DRIVEN INNOVATION IN THE WORKPLACE MEDIATED THROUGH EMPLOYEE'S LEARNING Creating Work: Employee-driven Innovation Through Work Practice Reconstruction O.M.Price , D.Boud & H.Scheeres Explaining Innovation at Work: A Sociopersonal Account S.Billett Innovation Competency - an Essential Organizational Asset L.Darso Employee-driven Innovation and Practice-based Learning in Organizational Cultures C.Hasse & U.Brandi Employee-driven Innovation Amongst 'Routine' Employees in the UK: The Role of Organizational 'Strategies' and Individual 'Tactics' E.Waite , K.Evans & N.Kersh PART III: EMPLOYEE-DRIVEN INNOVATION UNFOLDED IN GLOBAL NETWORKS AND COMPLEX SYSTEMS Moving Organizations toward Employee Driven Innovation (EDI) in Work Practices and on a Global Scale: Possibilities and Challenges M.Lotz & P.H.Kristensen Exploring the Employee-driven Innovation Concept by Comparing 'Innovation Capability Management' among German and Chinese Firms W.Fees & A.H.Taherizadeh Privileged yet Restricted?: Employee-driven Innovation and Learning in Three R&D Communities T.Lempiala & S.Yli-Kauhaluoma Employee Driven Innovation and Industrial Relations S.De Spiegelaere & G.Van Gyes