While the field of public management has become increasingly international, research and
policy recommendations that work for one country often do not work for another. Why, for …

The author discusses the state of public management in the US in 2005, and suggests two
improvements. First, the relatively small cohort of scholars active in studying public …

How effective are public managers as they seek to influence how public organizations
deliver policy results? How, and how much, is management related to the performance of …

The study of public management ought not to attempt to imitate—as do many disciplines in
the social sciences—the research paradigm of the natural sciences. But neither should …

Ten years ago, the British Journal of Management devoted a special issue to public sector
management. The issue identified a series of characteristics associated with public …

Public management is a domain of research that is now roughly three decades old.
Researchers in this area have made important advances in understanding about the …

Public administration finds itself in an era of government by performance management,
which is reflected in the widespread assumption that management is a key determinant of …

In this article we examine the state of public management research, specifically focusing on
the scope of research and variety of methodologies pursued in the field. We use a sample of …

As part of this special issue, this article explores the relationship of public management
research to the study of public policy and the policy process. Beginning with a review of the …

The performance of public organizations has become a topic of great interest to scholars
and practitioners of public management around the globe. This interest stems from …