Objectives. We explored and analyzed how findings from public affairs research can inform
public health research and practice, specifically in the area of interorganizational …

In the third edition of his award-winning book, Hal G. Rainey provides a comprehensive, up-
to-date analysis of research on public organizations and management. Drawing on a review …

Since the early 1990s, public networks have been implemented in many countries to solve
'wicked'public problems, addressing such issues as health, social care, local development …

This paper presents the first empirical test of innovation type and diffusion in local
government. Five types of innovations–one product, three process and one ancillary–were …

Here, Kenneth J. Meier and Laurence J. O'Toole Jr. present a timely analysis of working
democracy, arguing that bureaucracy—often considered antithetical to fundamental …

Empirical studies of public employee turnover, particularly using turnover as an independent
variable, are rare; and most of the literature assumes turnover to have a negative impact on …

Recent research has illustrated that demographic diversity influences the outcomes of public
sector organizations. Most studies have focused on workforce diversity; by comparison, little …

A turbulent external environment is widely believed to have damaging effects on public
service performance. Much less consensus has been reached on whether the best response …

Previous research has extensively analyzed the role, and indicated the importance, of
network management for the functioning and performance of public or governance networks …

Miles and Snow, among others, argue that strategy content is an important influence on
organizational performance. Their typology, applied recently to public organizations in the …