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Comparative public management : why national, environmental, and organizational context matters /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Project Muse
Other Authors: Meier, Kenneth J., 1950- (Editor), Rutherford, Amanda (Editor), Avellaneda, Claudia N. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC : Georgetown University Press, [2017]
Subjects:
Public administration.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : comparative public management : a framework for analysis / Laurence J. O'Toole and Kenneth J. Meier
  • Administrative capacity and health care in Africa : path dependence as a contextual variable / Cameron Wimpy, Marlette Jackson, and Kenneth J. Meier
  • Environmental complexity and public service performance in England : does organizational strategy matter? / Rhys Andrews
  • Do public-private differences matter? Managerial characteristics and organizational performance across sectors of U.S. higher education / Amanda Rutherford and Claire Stieg
  • The better you look, the more you see : non-linear effects of managerial networking hidden in the research setting of Dutch primary education / RenĂ© Torenvlied and Agnes Akkerman
  • Loyal agents or saboteurs? Performance-increasing policies and public service motivation among hospital workers in Denmark / Mads Leth Jakobsen, Anne Mette Kjeldsen, Thomas Pallesen
  • Municipal spending delegation in Honduras : does decision context matter? / Claudia N. Avellaneda
  • Explaining expansion of Brazilian municipal revenues : do political context or managerial background influence grant acquisition? / Ricardo C. Gomes and Claudia N. Avellaneda
  • Conclusion : the role of context moving forward : the international research agenda / Amanda Rutherford, Laurence J. O'Toole and Kenneth J. Meier.