Government.com? Multifunctional cabinet portfolio analysis of 201 national governments
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine how much value national governments worldwide place on political, economic, scientific, artistic, religious, legal, sportive, health-related, educational and mass media-related issues. This knowledge is critical as governments and policies are typically expected to be congruent with the importance these issues have for society. Design/methodology/approach: Drawing on theories of polyphonic and multifunctional organization, the authors recoded and analyzed a US Central Intelligence Agency directory to test the cabinet portfolio of a total of 201 national governments for significant biases to the above issues. Findings: The results suggest that governments worldwide massively over-allocate their attention to economic issues. Originality/value: The authors conclude that this strong pro-economic governance-bias likely translates into dysfunctional governance and development at both the national and supra-national level.
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2019
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Authors: | Roth, Steffen ; Santonen, Teemu ; Heimstädt, Maximilian ; Clark, Carlton ; Trofimov, Nikolay ; Kaivo-oja, Jari ; Atanesyan, Arthur ; Laki, Balazs ; Sales, Augusto |
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Journal of Organizational Change Management. - Emerald, ISSN 0953-4814, ZDB-ID 2020442-5. - Vol. 32.2019, 6 (07.10.), p. 621-639
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Emerald |
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