TY  - JOUR
AB  - This article examines staff participation and involvement in Swiss public organisations that are undergoing major administrative change. Officially, the new public management reforms have the following objectives: more organisational autonomy; increased organisational flexibility and adaptability; more responsiveness; and greater productive capacity. All these objectives are intended to be attained, in part, by increasing staff participation and involvement. After evaluating some of the new public management projects the paper identifies a number of obstacles which are preventing the achievement of government objectives. The paper concludes that the reforms are producing contradictory expectations that may be undermining the achievement of the government reforms.
VL  - 16
IS  - 6
SN  - 0951-3558
DO  - 10.1108/09513550310492111
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/09513550310492111
AU  - Emery Yves
AU  - Giauque David
PY  - 2003
Y1  - 2003/01/01
TI  - Emergence of contradictory injunctions in Swiss NPM projects
T2  - International Journal of Public Sector Management
PB  - MCB UP Ltd
SP  - 468
EP  - 481
Y2  - 2024/04/25
ER  -