International Review of Administrative Sciences, Ahead of Print. This article disentangles the country-specific institutional system at the macro level from individual-level attraction and socialization in measuring public service-oriented work motives…
International Review of Administrative Sciences, Ahead of Print. Scholars have argued that utilization of quantitative performance indicators by public organizations could generate unintended consequences that might outweigh the benefits of performance…
International Review of Administrative Sciences, Ahead of Print. Motivated reasoning theory is a psychological theory that reads that policymakers interpret evidence in ways that fit their preferences rather than assessing it neutrally. The theory is i…
International Review of Administrative Sciences, Ahead of Print. Previous studies have overlooked how partnerships between public and private actors (PPPs) play out as an effect of cultural and historical conditions in the context of a smart city. Our …
International Review of Administrative Sciences, Ahead of Print. This qualitative study provides empirical knowledge and develops theory about the role of strategic management in Malaysian local government. As the country addresses the grand challenge …
International Review of Administrative Sciences, Ahead of Print. This study examines the institutionalization of information technologies for policy formulation by investigating the case of eNAP. The digital tool was introduced in the spring of 2018 wi…
International Review of Administrative Sciences, Ahead of Print. Advanced technology is not only transforming the public sector in general but is also increasingly transmuting the criminal justice system. Smart applications are designed to predict crim…
International Review of Administrative Sciences, Ahead of Print. Contracting back-in has received growing scholarly attention, but there is little empirical consensus in the literature as to what drives governments to bring previously contracted work b…
International Review of Administrative Sciences, Ahead of Print. Public sector innovation scholarship has not yet systematically explored how the target context (or output phase) of innovations impacts the early phases of innovation processes. This stu…
International Review of Administrative Sciences, Ahead of Print. This article expands understanding of the relationship between punishment and performance in organisations. We analyse Korean data on performance and punishment as follows. While prior li…