Staff Participation and Public Management Reform
. Ed(S): Hondeghem, Annie; Horton, Sylvia; Farnham, Daniel
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Description for Staff Participation and Public Management Reform
hardcover. Editor(s): Hondeghem, Annie; Horton, Sylvia; Farnham, Daniel. Num Pages: 359 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPP; KJMV2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 580.
This book explores the role of civil servants and their trade unions in the public management reform process, framing it in its economic, social, cultural and legal contexts. Building on neo-institutional and stakeholder theories, the book shows how staff and their representative organisations have influenced the formulation and implementation of public management reforms in twelve OECD countries. This study challenges top-down elite theories that have dominated the existing literature, explaining how staff participation practices, both direct and indirect, have impacted on the implementation of reforms in different ways in different countries. The book concludes that variations in staff participation in ... Read more
This book explores the role of civil servants and their trade unions in the public management reform process, framing it in its economic, social, cultural and legal contexts. Building on neo-institutional and stakeholder theories, the book shows how staff and their representative organisations have influenced the formulation and implementation of public management reforms in twelve OECD countries. This study challenges top-down elite theories that have dominated the existing literature, explaining how staff participation practices, both direct and indirect, have impacted on the implementation of reforms in different ways in different countries. The book concludes that variations in staff participation in ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
359
Condition
New
Number of Pages
339
Place of Publication
Gordonsville, United States
ISBN
9781403935069
SKU
V9781403935069
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Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
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99-15
About . Ed(S): Hondeghem, Annie; Horton, Sylvia; Farnham, Daniel
FRANCESCO CERASE Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Naples Federico II, Italy JEAN MICHEL DENIS Assistant Professor, Marne La Vallée University, France ZUZANA DVORAKOVA Associate Professor, Department of Human Resource Management, University of Economics, Czech Republic YVES EMERY Professor, Public Management and Human Resources Department, Swiss Graduate School of Public Administration, Switzerland DAVID GIAUQUE Professor, Public Management Unit, Institute of ... Read more
Reviews for Staff Participation and Public Management Reform
'This book is a very welcome addition to the literature on public service reform...From a research point of view, the book is valueable in that it provides a series of frameworks within which further studies can be conducted not just in the civil service but in other parts of the public services.' - Hamish Mathieson, Public Administration ... Read more