International Journal of Public Sector Management: Volume 19 Issue 5

The dynamics of public networks: A critique of linear process models

Angel Saz‐Carranza, Alfred Vernis

This paper, by carrying out a review of the existent literature, tries to answer the question: what is the process an inter‐organizational public network undergoes?

Personality factors influencing politicians' attitudes toward wellbeing of citizens: A study in Southwest Nigeria

Benjamin Osayawe Ehigie, Ibidolapo Abimbola Kolade, Olukayode Ayooluwa Afolabi

To examine how personality dispositions of Nigerian politicians predict their attitude to the wellbeing of citizens.

Organisational antecedents of market orientation in the public university system

Carlos Flavián, Javier Lozano

Over recent years, the new public management system has made significant inroads in Spain, and brought about considerable change. This study seeks to analyse the application of…

The interaction of market and technology in radical transformation: The case of Telecom New Zealand

Ljiljana Erakovic, Marie Wilson

This study aims to demonstrate the interaction of the regulatory environment and market forces with rapid technological change in the transformation of SOEs, as exemplified by…

Public procurement of consulting services: Evidence and comparison with private companies

Filip Roodhooft, Alexandra Van den Abbeele

The aim of this paper is to shed light on the procurement process of consulting services within the public sector and to benchmark the obtained results with practices in the…

Time and space in new public management reform: the case of geriatric care

Hans Rämö, Per Skålén

The implications of new public management (NPM) have been studied from several theoretical perspectives. The present paper sets out to argue that there is a missing dimension to…

Remaking Governance. Peoples, Politics and the Public Sphere

Helen Sullivan

Special issue on Management control systems in the management of new organizational forms