International Journal of Public Sector Management: Volume 23 Issue 6

Local e‐government impact in China, New Zealand, Oman, and the United Kingdom

Eric Deakins, Stuart Dillon, Hamed Al Namani, Chao (Kevin) Zhang

The purpose of this paper is to provide a picture of (local) e‐government impact and development philosophy in China, New Zealand, Oman, and the UK.

Implications of new public management and modernization on control: The case of an English regional probation service

Ofelia A. Palermo, Laurie Cohen, John Loan‐Clarke, Kamel Mellahi

The purpose of this paper is to explore the implications of new public management and modernization reform policies on control in the probation service.

Measurement and structural properties of organizational codes of ethics in private and public Sweden

Göran Svensson, Greg Wood, Michael Callaghan

The purpose of this paper is to test the measurement and structural properties in a model of organizational codes of ethics (OCE) in Sweden.

“Staying native”: coproduction in mental health services research

Steve Gillard, Kati Turner, Kathleen Lovell, Kingsley Norton, Tom Clarke, Rachael Addicott, Gerry McGivern, Ewan Ferlie

The purpose of this paper is to describe a recent experiment in research coproduction in an evaluation of service planning at a London Mental Health NHS Trust. The paper aims to…

Is higher education in the UK becoming more competitive?

Andy Adcroft, Jon Teckman, Robert Willis

The purpose of this paper is to consider the extent to which recent changes in the UK's higher education sector are likely to increase the level of competition and change the…