Cultural aspects of public management reform (Elsevier JAI, 2007)
Includes bibliographical references
Cover -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Part I: Defining Culture -- Chapter 1. Public Management as a Cultural Phenomenon. Revitalizing Societal Culture in International Public Management Research -- Introduction -- The Meanings of Culture -- Theoretical Approaches in Overview -- How to think About Culture -- The Explicit use of Societal Culture in Public Management Research -- Implications for Future Research -- Acknowledgment -- References -- Chapter 2. Cultural Characteristics from Public Management Reforms Worldwide -- 1. Definitions of Culture -- 2. Study of Culture to Understand Public Management and its Reform -- 3. Culture, Time, and Public Management Reform -- 4. Culture, Place, and Public Management Reforms: Western and Non-Western Approaches -- 5. Culture, Structure, and Public Management Reforms: Nation-State Culture and Policy Field Culture -- 6. Culture, Professionals, and Public Management Reforms -- 7. Culture, Organizations, and Public Management Reforms --
- 8. Remaining Discussions -- References -- Chapter 3. The Poetics of Management, and the Politics of Organizational Cultures. A Sociological view on NPM-Reforms in Switzerland -- Introduction -- The Poetics of Management -- The Politics of Organizational Culture -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 4. Reforms of Central Government Coordination in OECD-Countries: Culture as Counterforce for Cross-National Unifying Processes? -- Introduction -- Analytical Framework -- Coordination Tendencies for the UK, New Zealand, Sweden, and France -- Cultural Features for the UK, New Zealand, Sweden, and France -- Coordination and Culture: Indications for an Empirical Link? -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Annex 1. Analytical Framework -- Annex 2. Coordination Instruments -- Annex 3A. Cultural Dimensions -- Hofstede (2001, PP. XIX-XX) -- Annex 3B. Cultural Dimensions -- House Et Al. (2004, PP. 11-13) -- Part II: Artefacts of Culture --
- Chapter 5. Public Managers' Religiosity: Impacts on Work Attitudes and Perceptions of Co-Workers -- Introduction -- Religion in the U.S. -- Religion and Managerial Behavior: Theoretical Background -- Hypotheses -- A Model of Public Managers' Religiosity and Work Attitudes -- Data and Variables -- Results -- Discussion -- Conclusions -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Appendix. The NASP-III Study Approach -- Chapter 6. Public Administration Modernization: Common Reform Trends or Different Paths and National Understandings in the EU Countries -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Empirical Design -- 3. Different National Priorities of Public Administration Modernization -- 4. Centralized and Decentralized Decision Making in Human Resource Management -- 5. Decentralization and Accountability -- 6. Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Appendix. Closed Questions on HR Decentralization -- Chapter 7. Determinants of Confidence in the Civil Service: An International Comparison -- Introduction --
- Bureaucratic Encounters and Attitudes Toward the Public Sector -- Is Public Sect