International Review of Administrative Sciences

International Review of Administrative Sciences, Ahead of Print. This commentary on the article “Different strokes for different folks? The translation of public values into official meanings” considers the merits of the authors’ arguments and offers s…

International Review of Administrative Sciences, Ahead of Print. It is well known that the meanings of public values can vary significantly across different settings, given their abstract nature. Despite this knowledge, however, the public values liter…

International Review of Administrative Sciences, Ahead of Print. International organisations assert that political corruption is a major global problem. However, it is still unclear how to combat corruption. Previous research has studied corruption in …

International Review of Administrative Sciences, Ahead of Print. Our paper analyses the role of dialogue in managing the autonomy and compliance paradox within a public authority. The literature on paradoxes presents management as being characterised b…

International Review of Administrative Sciences, Ahead of Print. Analysing the financial sustainability of local governments is of great interest, as they offer a wide range of services and are close to citizens. Various organizations have pointed out …

International Review of Administrative Sciences, Ahead of Print. Supreme audit institutions (SAIs) are a component of a nation’s institutional system. This article defines the concept of an institutional anti-corruption system centered on the SAI throu…

International Review of Administrative Sciences, Ahead of Print. Within only 10 days of March 2020, the Swiss administration had designed and implemented a loan guarantee scheme for enterprises. The implementation phase was also short: it lasted less t…