International Journal of Public Sector Management: Volume 34 Issue 7

Risk allocation, transfer and management in public–private partnership and private finance initiatives: a systematic literature review

Mouhcine Tallaki, Enrico Bracci

This paper examines risk and risk management in public–private partnership and private finance initiatives (PPP/PFI). Despite growing interest in PPP/PFI, there are knowledge gaps…

The impact of coronavirus and quarantine on Australian public sector organizations

Hanan AlMazrouei

The COVID-19 pandemic has challenged leaders to alter the way they manage their organization's employees, such as requiring them to quarantine, self-isolate or practice social…

Changing patterns of individual performance appraisal systems for civil service in European Union countries: toward a developmental or an incentivizing model

Gyorgy Hajnal, Katarina Staronova

The purpose of this article is to examine whether the incentivizing type of performance appraisal (typical of New Public Management) has indeed been superseded by a post-New…

Leadership and innovative work behaviour within Ghanaian metropolitan assemblies: mediating role of resource supply

Frank Baafi, Abraham Ansong, Kennedy Etse Dogbey, Nicodemus Osei Owusu

This study explores the role of transformational leadership, transactional leadership and resource supply in enhancing innovative work behaviour using the mediation model.

Three paths to e-service availability: a fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis among the EU member states

Justine Marienfeldt

This study aims to explore under which institutional and organizational conditions the national e-government reform efforts of EU member states lead to very high availability of…

Reaching hard-to-reach people through digital means – Citizens as initiators of co-creation in public services

Harri Jalonen, Jussi Kokkola, Harri Laihonen, Hanna Kirjavainen, Valtteri Kaartemo, Miika Vähämaa

This paper considers the potential of social media for developing public services. The paper approaches social media as a context that can provide information that might otherwise…