International Journal of Public Sector Management: Volume 32 Issue 6

Towards collaborative development culture in local government organisations

Sanna Tuurnas, Jari Stenvall, Petri Juhani Virtanen, Elias Pekkola, Kaisa Kurkela

This paper approaches collaborative governance reform as an empirical phenomenon. The purpose of this paper is to gain insights about the systemic and grassroots level conditions…

The e-government paradox in post-Soviet countries

Colin Knox, Saltanat Janenova

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the emergence of e-government in post-Soviet countries using Kazakhstan as a case study. Extant research on e-government in developing…

Determinants of information disclosure by Spanish state-owned enterprises in accordance with legal requirements

Javier Andrades, Domingo Martinez-Martinez, Manuel Larrán, Jesus Herrera

The purpose of this paper is to examine how different variables can affect the amount of information reported by Spanish enterprises owned by the central state as well as by local…

Contract amendments: for better or for worse?

Deanna Malatesta, Craig Smith

Public management researchers have successfully leveraged theory to advance the understanding of contracts and the different governance structures that underpin contract…

Do ethical work climates influence supplier selection decisions in public organizations? The moderating roles of party politics and personal values

Eyo Emmanuel Essien, Ioannis Kostopoulos, Anastasia Konstantopoulou, George Lodorfos

The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between ethical work climates (EWCs) and supplier selection decisions (SSDs), and the moderating roles of party politics…

Knowledge management capability and organizational memory: a study of public sector agencies

Henry Adobor, Enyonam Kudonoo, Alireza Daneshfar

The purpose of this paper is to explore organizational memory (OM) in three public agencies in a developing country context. Research suggests that knowledge management (KM) can…