Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the increasing role of financial auditing in the fight against government sector fraud and financial mismanagement in Ghana, Africa. Using a Foucauldian-inspired theoretical framing, the paper explores the growing cases of fraud in the Ghanaian...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate how new public management (NPM) reform from the national level is implemented as practice in a local unit within the police sector in Sweden. Design/methodology/approach – A qualitative case-study approach is applied using semi-structured...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the implications of empowerment practices within the disability support service (DSS) sector in New Zealand. The DSS framework is designed as part of the public sector reform process to promote empowerment for people with disabilities so that...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to develop a model to explain frontline employee absence as a form of concerted resistance in a public service welfare environment. Design/methodology/approach – Conflicts over absenteeism can be interpreted as a mix of formal and informal struggles...

Purpose – The purpose of this research is to elaborate on a model of entrepreneurship within the public sector. Design/methodology/approach – Case studies involving state-owned enterprises (SOEs) trace three examples of entrepreneurial ventures. Findings – A theme of strategic use of...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to pin point the root causes for the deviant workplace behaviour in the government sector of Pakistan. Design/methodology/approach – Data collection for the research was carried out by interviewing and distributing questionnaires to 100 employees...

We study management practices and performance of public sector organizations in Germany. For a representative sample of municipalities, we provide survey evidence for substantial heterogeneity in the use of structured management practices. This heterogeneity is not driven by differences across...