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Supplier development and public procurement: allies, coaches and bedfellows
David Mark McKevitt, Paul DavisUsing the lens of mentoring theory the authors test the extent to which public buyers informally support suppliers and the influence of organisational context on mentoring…
The role of budget speech: a Malaysian Government study
Laurence Ferry, Zamzulaila Zakaria, Peter Eckersley– The purpose of this paper is to study the role of budget speech in the Malaysian Government as a “hybrid” for governing both the economy and social cohesion.
Apposition, contradiction, conflict and domination: The competing discourses of the Finnish municipal manager
Anu Pynnönen, Tuomo TakalaThe purpose of this paper is to qualitatively describe and explain the contemporary Finnish discourse of municipal managers. The emphasis within is on analyzing the encounters of…
Advancing the equality and diversity agenda in armed forces: global perspectives
Mohammed Ishaq, Asifa Maaria HussainFocusing on some of the key strands of equality and diversity (E&D), the purpose of this paper is to highlight the progress made by armed forces in implementing the E&D agenda…
Revisiting the “two communities” metaphor of research utilisation
Joshua NewmanThe “two communities” metaphor for the relationship between policy and academia is inconsistent with empirical evidence that shows that a sizeable minority of public servants use…
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- Professor Rocco Palumbo