Purpose: The paper proposes that public sector organizations facing institutionalized reform pressure may not only integrate the reform into their operation when it fits but also pace the integration while undergoing organizational cultural transformations to fit with the reform. The newly...

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to present two heuristics for researchers to identify different types of boards in public sector organziations, and thus enable exchange of research findings and comparative research. Design/methodology/approach – Based on existing knowledge, two...

Purpose By using the analysis of 30 years of publications in the journal International Journal of Public Sector Management , the purpose of this paper is to discover trends in publications, such as single vs joint authorship, topics and country of origin in authorship and readership....

Purpose – Sets out to present current dynamics of public management reform in Austria, a country that is characterized by institutional governance features (federal structure, legalistic Rechtsstaat tradition) often described as an obstacle to management‐oriented reforms. The paper's focus...