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100			_aChristensen, Tom
245			_aGlobal ideas and modern public sector reforms: A theoretical elaboration and empirical discussion of a neoinstitutional theory
260			_c2012
300			_ap.635-653.
362			_aNov
520			_aThe neoinstitutional theory of global ideas formulated by organization theory experts at Stanford University and also espoused by some Scandinavian researchers postulates a formalized, rationalized, and standardized organizational template created through cultural and macrosocial processes that spreads around the world. This template is said to fit everywhere, regardless of national and local preconditions, creating isomorphy between public organizations, but not having much real influence on practice. This article elaborates the theory, discussing it in relation to two alternative theories-an instrumental and an old institutional one, and looks at whether it matches the findings of comparative studies of two reform waves-New Public Management (NPM) and post-NPM. - Reproduced.
650			_aAdministrative reform
773			_aAmerican Review of Public Administration
908			_aN
909			_a98132
999			_c98131 _d98131