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Public and Private Management: What's the Difference? by Boyne, George A.

“…Critics of New Public Management argue that differences between public and private organizations are so great that business practices should not be transferred…”
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Size, Structure and Administrative Overheads: An Empirical Analysis of English Local Authorities by Andrews, Rhys, Boyne, George A.

“…The relationship is analysed between size, local government structure and administrative overheads in English local authorities. Size and structure effects are…”
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Democracy and Government Performance: Holding Incumbents Accountable in English Local Governments by Boyne, George A., James, Oliver, John, Peter, Petrovsky, Nicolai

“…The link between government performance and support for incumbents is a key mechanism of accountable government. We model the vote share of incumbent…”
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Capacity, Leadership, and Organizational Performance: Testing the Black Box Model of Public Management by Andrews, Rhys, Boyne, George A.

“…According to recent "black box" models of public management, managerial capacity is a critical component for achieving service delivery improvement. In…”
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Strategic Management and Public Service Performance: The Way Ahead by Boyne, George A., Walker, Richard M.

“…Strategic management is now prominent on the agenda of public administration scholars and practitioners. In this review, the authors outline why approaches…”
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TASK COMPLEXITY, ORGANIZATION SIZE, AND ADMINISTRATIVE INTENSITY: THE CASE OF UK UNIVERSITIES by ANDREWS, RHYS, BOYNE, GEORGE A.

“…The task complexity and size of public service organizations are arguably key determinants of the proportion of resources devoted to administration. Moreover,…”
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What Explains Agency Heads' Length of Tenure? Testing Managerial Background, Performance, and Political Environment Effects by Petrovsky, Nicolai, Boyne, George A., James, Oliver, Moseley, Alice

“…There are a number of influences on how long an agency head serves. The importance of particular influences, in turn, depends on the prospective destination of…”
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The Politics of Agency Death: Ministers and the Survival of Government Agencies in a Parliamentary System by James, Oliver, Petrovsky, Nicolai, Moseley, Alice, Boyne, George A.

“…This article extends the theory of government agency survival from separation of powers to parliamentary government systems. It evaluates expectations of…”
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Competitive Tendering In Local Government: A Review Of Theory And Evidence by Boyne, George A.

“…Introduction of competitive tendering in UK local government reflects conventional public choice theories of bureaucracy - rationale for competitive tendering…”
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Environmental Change, Human Resources and Organizational Turnaround by Boyne, George A., Meier, Kenneth J.

“…Research on turnaround has largely focused on the impact of retrenchment and repositioning, and has paid less attention to the impact of changes in the task…”
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Sources of Public Service Improvement: A Critical Review and Research Agenda by Boyne, George A.

“…Evidence from sixty-five emprirical studies of the determinants of public service performance is critically reviewed. The statistical results are grouped on…”
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New Leaders' Managerial Background and the Performance of Public Organizations: The Theory of Publicness Fit by Petrovsky, Nicolai, James, Oliver, Boyne, George A.

“…We develop a theory of the effect of top management succession on the performance of public organizations. The theory is rooted in the fundamental…”
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Market Orientation and Public Service Performance: New Public Management Gone Mad? by Walker, Richard M., Brewer, Gene A., Boyne, George A., Avellaneda, Claudia N.

“…The backbone of theory of the market-based approach New Public Management is that market orientation improves public service performance. In this article,…”
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A '3Rs' Strategy for Public Service Turnaround: Retrenchment, Repositioning and Reorganization by Boyne, George A.

“…Problems of public service 'failure' are high on the political agenda in the UK, and many national and local organizations are searching for effective…”
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Dimensions of Publicness and Organizational Performance: A Review of the Evidence by Andrews, Rhys, Boyne, George A., Walker, Richard M.

“…Debates about the merits of publicness have dominated the public administration landscape since the foundation of the modern state. The extent of…”
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Top Management Turnover and Organizational Performance: A Test of a Contingency Model by Boyne, George A., James, Oliver, John, Peter, Petrovsky, Nicolai

“…A crucial test of whether "management matters" is whether changes in the team at the top of an organization make a difference. Focusing on turnover in the…”
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Centralization, Organizational Strategy, and Public Service Performance by Andrews, Rhys, Boyne, George A., Law, Jennifer, Walker, Richard M.

“…We test the separate and joint effects of centralization and organizational strategy on the performance of 53 UK public service organizations. Centralization…”
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Environmental Turbulence, Organizational Stability, and Public Service Performance by Boyne, George A., Meier, Kenneth J.

“…A turbulent external environment is widely believed to have damaging effects on public service performance. Much less consensus has been reached on whether the…”
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What is public service improvement? by Boyne, George A.

“…Five conceptual models of public service improvement are derived from the large literature on organizational effectiveness. These are the goal,…”
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Performance Targets and Public Service Improvement by Boyne, George A., Chen, Alex A.

“…Theories of rational planning suggest that organizational performance improves if targets for future achievements are set. We test this proposition using panel…”
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