TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose– The aim of this paper is to outline the sets of factors influential on the implementation of public management reform in the politico‐administrative context of Italy.Design/methodology/approach– Provides a combination of different research designs, multiple case studies on regional governments.Findings– Some broad sets of factors affecting implementation of public management reform have been identified They include: characteristics of the administrative tradition and features of the politico‐administrative context; the design of the reform package and the coalition of interests sustaining the reform; behavioural triggers; and the building over the time of management capacity at the level of individual public sector organisations.Research limitations/implications– Research limitations include the availability of empirical evidence given the width of the phenomenon under investigation, as well as the broader caveats that apply to researching vast and complex problems like those concerning management reforms at nation‐wide level. Some implications for the development of a broader comparative research agenda on countries in the Napoleonic administrative tradition are proposed.Originality/value– Provides an interpretation of the dynamics of the process of implementation of public management reforms in Italy by combining a plurality of theoretical sources.
VL  - 21
IS  - 2
SN  - 0951-3558
DO  - 10.1108/09513550810855654
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/09513550810855654
AU  - Ongaro Edoardo
AU  - Valotti Giovanni
ED  - Edoardo Ongaro
PY  - 2008
Y1  - 2008/01/01
TI  - Public management reform in Italy: explaining the implementation gap
T2  - International Journal of Public Sector Management
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 174
EP  - 204
Y2  - 2024/05/05
ER  -