In unsteady waters: How mayors and chief administrative officers make sense of a public service bargain in disequilibrium
By: Gron, C.H. Opstrup, N. Salomonsen, H.H. and Villadsen, A.R
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BookPublisher: International Review of Administrative Sciences Description: 90(4), Dec, 2024: p.723-740.Subject(s): Public service bargain, disequilrium, Politicians, Senior civil servants
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International Review of Administrative SciencesSummary: Public service bargains (PSBs) have become a central heuristic to understand the relationship between politicians and senior bureaucrats. In this article, we add to the existing literature by exploring how both politicians and senior bureaucrats make sense of a PSB in disequilibrium. Based on individual and focus group interviews and six case studies of breakdown in the bargain, we find that bargains may be unstable due to both changing circumstances and differences in interpretations. We add to previous research by demonstrating how the differences in interpretations may manifest themselves along two dimensions, that is, in the balance between the types of competences and rewards that should be included in the bargain as perceived by politicians and senior civil servants, as well as how the competences and rewards agreed upon are interpreted.- Reproduced
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/00208523231221461
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Indian Institute of Public Administration | 90(4), Dec, 2024: p.723-740 | Available | AR135046 |
Public service bargains (PSBs) have become a central heuristic to understand the relationship between politicians and senior bureaucrats. In this article, we add to the existing literature by exploring how both politicians and senior bureaucrats make sense of a PSB in disequilibrium. Based on individual and focus group interviews and six case studies of breakdown in the bargain, we find that bargains may be unstable due to both changing circumstances and differences in interpretations. We add to previous research by demonstrating how the differences in interpretations may manifest themselves along two dimensions, that is, in the balance between the types of competences and rewards that should be included in the bargain as perceived by politicians and senior civil servants, as well as how the competences and rewards agreed upon are interpreted.- Reproduced
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/00208523231221461
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