Local authorities in the UK have lagged behind other sectors in developing a sector‐wide approach to the risk management aspects of corporate governance. The governance framework published in 2001, however, goes further than the private sector combined code in its reporting requirements. This...

Purpose – This paper aims to put forward for consideration new insights into the creation of “second order” change in local government. Design/methodology/approach – In‐depth interviews were carried out in five local authorities to investigate risk management (RM) processes....

Purpose – Since the early 1990s there has been a growth in local authorities of risk management. However, despite a range of different strategies, initiatives and practices the issue of financing the risks to which authorities are exposed has remained problematic. The traditional dependence on...

Purpose – This article aims to consider success in terms of the financial returns and risks of new public management (NPM) in state‐owned enterprises (SOEs). Design/methodology/approach – Financial returns of New Zealand SOEs were examined through a review of their annual reports over a...

Purpose – This article aims to describe and analyze the results of efforts to improve patient‐centered care (PCC) in psychiatric healthcare. Design/methodology/approach – Using the methodology of a qualitative case study, the authors studied three Swedish child and adolescent psychiatric...

Public managers throughout the world work in an unforgiving environment in which to take risks. Managers face varying pressures from a range of informed publics to ensure that risks to them are minimized or eliminated; while many are simultaneously subject to criticism, via private practice...

Purpose – The use of risk management strategies and practices in UK local authorities has increased significantly in recent years. The purpose of this paper is to examine the perceptions of local authority officers and establish the degree to which there is evidence of quantifiable, positive...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze and compare the specific contingencies of partnership risk in shared equity public-private partnerships (PPPs) with the contingencies of privately held, loose related PPPs. Design/methodology/approach – Drawing on instrumental and relational...

Purpose – Research on emotion in the context of risk perception has historically focused on negative emotions, and has emphasized the effect of these negative emotions on the perception of risk amongst those who oppose (rather than support) contentious issues. Drawing on theory, the purpose of...