Performance‐based management is pervasive in public organizations; countless
governments have implemented performance management systems with the hope that they …

This article discusses one of the most important institutions in the modern world, namely
public bureaucracies, from a comparative perspective. Bureaucratic organizations can be …

The world is in the grip of a crisis that stands unprecedented in living memory. The COVID-
19 pandemic is urgent, global in scale, and massive in impacts. Following Harold D …

We need new governance solutions to help us improve public policies and services, solve
complex societal problems, strengthen social communities and reinvigorate democracy. By …

This enlightening book scrutinizes the shifting governance paradigms that inform public
administration reforms. From the rise to supremacy of New Public Management to new the …

It is tempting to stick to traditional,'pure'images of professionalism—as the protected
treatment of complex cases—and to resist 'alien'intrusions, especially managerial …

We offer a fresh perspective on implementation problems by suggesting that collaborative
policy design and adaptive policy implementation will help public policy makers to improve …

Experiments in collaborative governance over the last several decades have transformed
the way the public's business is getting done. Despite growing interest, empirical research …

This article contributes to our understanding of public service motivation and leadership by
investigating ways in which organizational leaders can reinforce and even augment the …

In times of rising expectations and decreasing resources for the public sector, performance
management is high on the agenda. Increasingly, the value of the performance …