Sage Reference - The SAGE Handbook of Qualitative Business and Management Research
Methods: History and Traditions - Critical Realism and Qualitative Research: An Introductory …

Performance Management is the challenge confronting public service managers. However,
the enduring research focus on performance measurement in public services, without …

The term 'managerialism'has been widely used but theoretical publications on
managerialism remain rare while theory development continues to be insufficient. This …

The “new public management”(NPM) wave in public sector organizational change was
founded on themes of disaggregation, competition, and incentivization. Although its effects …

Traditionally, professionals such as medical doctors, lawyers, and academics are protected.
They work within well-defined jurisdictions, belong to specialized segments, have been …

For many years the proponents of New Public Management (NPM) have promised to
improve public services by making public sector organizations much more 'business‐like' …

Government information systems are big business (costing over 1 per cent of GDP a year).
They are critical to all aspects of public policy and governmental operations. Governments …

This paper addresses the paradox that despite all organizational change towards flatter and
postmodern organizations, hierarchical order is quite persistent. We develop a differentiated …

As professionals belong to occupational systems but also increasingly work inside
organizations, new linkages between occupational and organizational domains are …

The blurring of managerial and professional jurisdictions remains a significant area of
organizational research. This process is often described as involvingre-stratification', the …