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作者：Almeida, Marta; Stafford, Anne; Scapens, Robert
作者单位：Universidade Nova de Lisboa; University of Manchester; Alliance Manchester Business School
摘要：Public-private partnerships (PPPs) have long contract terms, requiring strong governance arrangements. When uncertainty arises, renegotiation is a commonly-used contractual governance mechanism for ensuring fairness and dispute resolution. Notably, 100% of Portuguese road projects have been renegotiated. Prior studies have examined the tensions between the public and private parties which can become acute during times of crisis. One understudied aspect which complicates renegotiations but is i...
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作者：Chen, Yiying
作者单位：Syracuse University
摘要：This manuscript replicates and extends the work of Alonso et al. focusing on the effects of New Public Management practices-outsourcing and decentralization-on public sector size in terms of government expenditure and employment. The narrow replication confirms the original findings: outsourcing increases government expenditure, whereas decentralization reduces it, with neither practice affecting employment. The wide replications add nuances: while the long-term results align with the original...
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作者：Morris, Huw
作者单位：University of London; University College London
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作者：Zhang, Shaopeng; Yang, Yinhao; Gan, Huanhui
作者单位：Northeast Forestry University - China; Beijing Normal University
摘要：Cross-sector collaboration is regarded as an effective institution for the fragmentation of government organizations, but it is still unknown which organizational form can effectively promote the holistic governance of digital government platforms. We construct an attention-based behavioral model according to behavior theory and then explore the impact and mechanism of cross-sector collaboration on the holistic governance of digital government platforms. We show that cross-sector collaboration...
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作者：Farooqi, Seemab; Knox, Stephen
作者单位：University of Dundee; University of Stirling
摘要：Existing research offers little insight into how governance networks can maintain their legitimacy during institutional disruption. Through an in-depth case study of a network of third sector organizations in Scotland that worked to deliver government funds and support during the COVID-19 pandemic to social enterprises and charities, this paper sheds light on this topic. Our analysis highlights the importance of work to retain the structure of the network by affirming mission focus and rules o...
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作者：Weichselberger, Gustaf Kastberg
作者单位：University of Gothenburg
摘要：The study aims to contribute knowledge about how we can understand control of digitalization and why digitalization becomes a dispersed practice. The study offers two main contributions. First, we introduce the metaphor chasing digitalization to describe the observed mode of control of digitalization. Control involved chasing after digital solutions-getting hold of things-and chasing in, which entails facilitating activities to ensure organizational adoption. The second contribution deepens ou...
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作者：Barbera, Carmela; Ferry, Laurence; Hyndman, Noel; Liguori, Mariannunziata; McCandless, Sean; Midgley, Henry C.
作者单位：University of Bergamo; Durham University; Queens University Belfast; University of Texas System; University of Texas Dallas
摘要：Issues of accountability are ubiquitous in public governance. Accountability connects with other concerns like legitimacy, power, citizen engagement, and new modes of service production. These issues and connections become all the more poignant given the evolving landscape of public services amidst the backdrop of 21st-century poly-crises. The pieces in this special issue explore these dynamics, particularly concerning shifting governing modes, contractual arrangements, performance management,...
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作者：Torres, Miguel; Zanini, Marco Tulio Fundao
作者单位：University of Kent; Getulio Vargas Foundation
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作者：Ferry, Laurence; Midgley, Henry; Ahrens, Thomas
作者单位：Durham University; Rutgers University System; Rutgers University New Brunswick; Rutgers University Newark; United Arab Emirates University
摘要：Many promises have been made about digitalization in the public sector, from its potential to revolutionize government to its emancipating properties as a new conduit for democracy. In this paper, the case of a leading Supreme Audit Institution (SAI), the UK National Audit Office, is examined. SAIs are essential to the ways in which government is managed and held to account. The paper examines the paradox that despite the promises made about digitalization, the digitalization of audit has prog...
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作者：Li, Yanwei; Yu, Hongbo
作者单位：Shandong University; Shandong University; Nanjing Normal University
摘要：Using a survey experiment approach, we collected responses from 1244 public employees in a Chinese context. This study examines how two types of accountability obligations (horizontal and hierarchical) and two accountability orientations (learning and control) influence public employees' adoption of high-effort coping strategies. The findings reveal that, contrary to conventional expectations, a learning orientation is associated with a decreased intention among public employees to adopt high-...
