Scholars emphasize the need for additional rigor in qualitative research. This inadvertently
encourages formulaic and standardized approaches that undermine the benefits of …

Over the last thirty years, scholars of health care organizations have been searching for
concepts and images to illuminate their underlying, and shifting, modes of organizing …

The article describes and evaluates the development of urban security management in
Finland since 2002. The evaluation is based on governmental safety and security strategies …

This qualitative study analyzes an Italian hospital's endeavor to introduce a coproduction
practice and the critical factors that affect its efficacy and efficiency. The empirical evidence …

The question about the role of law in delivering change in public administration is not the
central dilemma in public management discourse of recent decades. Legal research …

Under the Labour government, Local Strategic Partnerships (LSPs) in England were
responsible for the delivery of Local Area Agreements (LAAs)–agreed targets between …

New forms of collaborative governance have disrupted traditional lines of accountability, and
there is a lack of consensus on how political integrity and accountability might be assured …

The concept of shared services has been heavily promoted by UK central government,
reportedly offering a mechanism to reduce costs and improve service performance. This …

THE INFLUENCE OF THE OPERATING ENVIRONMENT ON VOLUNTARY COLLABORATION
BETWEEN HEALTH, SOCIAL CARE, AND HOUSING An instrumental c Page 1 THE INFLUENCE …

Purpose: This thesis aims to explore the complex phenomenon of leadership at the apex of
democratically elected local authority in England. It makes sense of the social construction of …