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Reinventing government: how the entrepreneurial spirit is transforming the public sector

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This article is published in Rae-revista De Administracao De Empresas.The article was published on 1993-11-01 and is currently open access. It has received 1934 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Public sector & Government.

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Of bureaucrats and passionate public managers: institutional logics, executive identities, and public service motivation

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examine the assumption that high PSM is associated with the traditional ethos and social identity in the public sector and find that a Weberian legalistic-bureaucratic logic supports neither a high attraction to policy-making nor a high level of compassion.
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Measurementality’ in biodiversity governance: knowledge, transparency, and the Intergovernmental Science–Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES)

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors introduce the term "measurementality" to signify the governance logic that emerges when transparency comes to stand next to effectiveness and efficiency as neoliberal principles and highlight the connections that are forged between economic, managerial and technocratic discourses.
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Administrative leadership theory: a reassessment after 10 years

TL;DR: A variety of assessments through 2001 discussed the striking neglect of theory related to leadership in public sector organizational settings as mentioned in this paper, and a relatively negative assessment has been widely cited and needs to be re-evaluated a decade later.
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Beyond the market versus planning dichotomy: Understanding privatisation and its reverse in US cities

TL;DR: This paper found a shift where reverse contracting (re-internalization) now exceeds the level of new contracting out (privatisation) in US local government, and they model how a theoretical shift from new public management to new public service in public administration mirrors a behavioural shift among city managers.
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Framing and selling global education policy: the promotion of public–private partnerships for education in low-income contexts

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explore the emergence of ePPP as a "programmatic idea" and the semiotic strategies by means of which this idea has been located in the global education agenda and promoted internationally among practice communities by a network of policy entrepreneurs.