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Do Markets Shape Management? Experimental Evidence for the Effects of Competition on Contract Management

open access: yesPublic Administration Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A central aim of contracting is to introduce competition into public service delivery. Public organizations are facing calls to generate more competition for their contracts, yet there is conflicting evidence about the effects of competition in practice. This research aims to explain some of those mixed findings by investigating the effects of
Alice Moore
wiley   +1 more source

e‐Government Adoption in Ghana: Structural Conditions and Employee Affective Orientation

open access: yesPublic Administration Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Globally, technological innovations are driving governments towards e‐government adoption. Digitization efforts have met with more resistance and challenges in the Global South context due to high levels of financial, logistical, and technical constraints.
Sandy Zook   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Self‐Legitimacy and the Moral Authority to Inspect: A Qualitative Study of Probation Inspectors in England and Wales

open access: yesRegulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines how probation inspectors in England and Wales construct their self‐legitimacy; the internal belief in their moral and professional right to inspect. Drawing on qualitative interviews and Bottoms and Tankebe's dialogic model of legitimacy, it shows how inspectors justify their authority through legal mandates, professional
Jake Phillips
wiley   +1 more source

Mapping the global research landscape and trends of older people living alone: a bibliometric analysis. [PDF]

open access: yesFront Aging
Wu YD   +15 more
europepmc   +1 more source

When Regulation Travels: Distrust and Disrespect

open access: yesRegulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Endeavoring to avoid the pitfalls of being too trusting of regulated entities' compliance claims, regulators sometimes create regulatory systems with elaborate requirements for verification. But as these accountability and verification regimes attempt to circumvent one set of problems, they may inadvertently create others.
Carol A. Heimer
wiley   +1 more source

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