International Journal of Organization Theory & Behavior: Volume 9 Issue 2

Public-sector managerial values: United States, Canada, and Japan

Patrick E. Connor, Boris W. Becker, Larry F. Moore, Yoshiju Okubo

This paper reports an investigation of the personal-values systems of 567 public-sector managers from the U.S., Canada, and Japan. The results of this research indicate that…

Introduction: Reinventing publlic governance in developing countries

M. Shamsul Haque, Gedeon M. Mudacumura

It is argued in this introductory article that the contemporary trend of “reinventing governance”, which began in the 1990s, has continued to expand globally to encompass many…

Redefining the role of the public service under neoliberal states in developing nations

M. Shamsul Haque

This article explains that in the current global context dominated by market ideology, there has been a significant shift in the nature of the state based on promarket neoliberal…

Reinventing hong kong’s public service: Same npm reform, different contexts and politics

Anthony B. L. Cheung

Hong Kong’s public sector reform since the 1990s is not just a continuation of an administrative reform trajectory started in colonial years to modernize the civil service…

The prospects and limitations of civil service reform in korea: Strong initiation, but uncertain sustainability?

M. Jae Moon, Pan Suk Kim

This article examines the rhetoric of recent civil service reform measures in Korea, their initial implementation, and growing concerns about their sustainability. Civil service…

Reinvention in public governance in southeast asia: Its impacts on economic sovereignty and self-reliance

M. Shamsul Haque

During recent decades, there has been a significant transition or “reinvention” in the mode of state governance in both developed and developing nations. In line with this global…