This study, completed in 1990 shortly before the Iraqi invasion, analyses some of the organizational and psychological determinants of employee turnover in Kuwait. The study is based on a sample size of 190 full‐time employees taken from governmental, private and shared sector organizations. A...

Compares managerial values, in terms of loyalty, boss, money, big companies, profit, work, job freedom, and company rules, across different sectors of enterprise by questionnaire survey: 232. Iraqi managers participated in the study. MANOVA and ANOVA tests revealed some differences among...

There is no general theory of public enterprise (PE), and the miscellany of separate theorizations on the subject has created a conceptual quagmire. Advances some hypotheses gleaned from the literature on the PE concerning confusion in the PE′s objective function, investment tendencies and...

Provides a framework for analysing and accomplishing programme objectives, both in the public and private sectors. The framework provokes analysis beginning from what is the business of an agency to determining the appropriate mix of strategies for accomplishing programme objectives. The...

State‐Industry interface has always been a subject of debate because the role of the state in relation to industry depends on the economic philosophy adopted by a country. The two extreme economic philosophies, capitalism and socialism, have their own limitations. Once Winston Churchill...

With public services operating as monopolies, dissatisfied users cannot exit from the relation without changing patronage. Apart from exit from the region, voicing their dissatisfaction in order to influence the service offer becomes the only alternative. Industries and companies may be...

This study first reports findings about what factors affect the job satisfaction of one group of public sector employees and second, uses social identity theory to explain the results. The results indicated that working with fellow employees enhances job satisfaction. In contrast, dealing with...

Reports that transfer of ownership from government to private hands is touted as the only way to eliminate inefficiencies in the public sector. Argues that the alternative approach ‐ increasing competitive intensity through decontrol of restricted industries without changing ownership to...

The delivery of public services in developing countries is over‐centralised. One of the reasons for this is the presence of centralised decision‐making apparatus, which distances power from communities. The centralised decision making reduces accountability among public sector employees and...