George Boyne
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 4128658 |
|---|---|
| NOME | George Boyne |
| PRENOMES | George |
| SOBRENOME | Boyne |
| ASSINATURA | BOYNE G |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Polytechnic of Wales |
| VERIFICADO | Não |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 28 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 413 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 28 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1984 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2017 |
| ÍNDICE H | 13 |
When Bureaucracy Matters for Organizational Performance
Administrative intensity is arguably a major determinant of public service performance. Although a large administrative function might constitute a bureaucratic burden, it could also enable organizations to better coordinate key activities. In particular, administrative intensity may strengthen or weaken the performance effects of other key organizational characteristics, such as size and task complexity. To explore these ideas, we analyse the se…
Public Sector Motivationad fonts
Public Service Motivation (PSM) is a topic that has generated considerable interest among Public Administration scholars. Research on PSM has mainly focused on either defining what PSM is and how this construct can be measured or on testing how PSM affects individual and organizational variables. However, very little is known about how the motivation to serve the public interest is influenced by personality. We evaluate the psychological antecede…
Prosocial Behavior and Public Service Motivation
Although research on public service motivation ( PSM ) is vast, there is little evidence regarding the effects of PSM on observable behavior. This article contributes to the understanding of the behavioral implications of PSM by investigating whether PSM is associated with prosocial behavior. Moreover, it addresses whether and how the behavior of other group members influences this relationship. The article uses the experimental setting of the pu…
Managing Migration? Eu Enlargement, Local Government Capacity and Performance in England
This study explores how English local governments managed high levels of worker migration from Eastern Europe in the wake of the enlargement of the European Union in 2004. Theories of local government capacity suggest that strong central administration and vibrant community organizational life can increase the likelihood that public service performance will be maintained despite sudden shifts in the external environment. We explore the interactiv…
Structural Change and Public Service Performance
Organization theory suggests that structural change has disruptive effects on managerial behaviour and organizational outcomes, and that these effects are likely to emerge in the period between the announcement and the commencement of the new structure. We evaluate the validity of this argument by analysing the performance of English county councils in the transition period before the voluntary restructuring of a sub‐set of these organizations. D…
Corporate Capacity and Public Service Performance
Corporate capacity is arguably a key determinant of the success or failure of public sector organizations. However, while there is growing evidence on the extent of corporate capacity, few researchers have systematically examined whether it is linked to public service performance. Does a larger corporate centre lead to better or worse performance for the organization as a whole? To answer this question we apply seemingly unrelated regression to m…
Bureaucracy in a Democratic State
The Evaluation of Public Service Inspection
Inspection is an important and growing element of the regulation of public services. We develop a theoretical framework for the evaluation of inspection and illustrate the practical relevance of this framework with reference to the new Best Value inspectorate for UK local government. The framework contains three elements that facilitate the effectiveness of an inspection system (a director, a detector and an effector), five potential problems tha…
Executive Succession and the Performance of Public Organizations
A theoretical framework is developed for the analysis of the impact of executive succession in public organizations. The central concepts in the model are the motives of chief executives, the means at their disposal and the opportunities available for influencing performance. The main hypothesis that flows from the model is that the effect of executive succession is likely to be small but significant. Furthermore, the strength of the impact of su…
Plans, performance information and accountability
The current UK government emphasizes the importance of mechanisms of accountability that involve the planning and public reporting of performance. One example of this is the Best Value performance plan. However, there has been little evaluation of the quality of the information provided in this type of document. This paper draws on literature on stakeholding and user needs to identify the data required for accountability. It then assesses whether…
The Spatial Strategy of Equality and the Spatial Division of Welfare
In this paper we argue that little is known about either the geographical objectives or the spatial outputs of the welfare state. Conclusions of geographical inequality are problematic for three main reasons. First, the geographical aims of the welfare state, “the spatial strategy of equality”, are unclear. Second, the geographical distributional paradigm is rarely placed in the wider context of local and national welfare states, and the tension …
Introduction To The Symposium on New Labour and The Modernization of Public Management
Planning, Performance And Public Services
The policies of the Labour government in the UK place renewed emphasis on rational planning in the public sector. The government’s assumption is that this approach to decision making will lead to improvements in performance. Although the theoretical costs and benefits of rational planning have been widely debated in the public administration literature, no systematic empirical research on the impact of planning on the performance of public organi…
Towards a geography of people poverty and place poverty
English Much of the focus on the geography of poverty relates to ‘people poverty’, the geography of private income, or income proxy measures. In contrast to a sole emphasis on the geography of people poverty, this article broadens the debate to include the relatively neglected aspect of place poverty. It discusses the conceptual differences between people poverty and place poverty, and then provides an illustration of the differences between thei…
Testing The Limits of Incrementalism
Studies of budgetary outputs in public organizations are dominated by the theory of incrementalism. This perspective suggests that expenditure decisions are based on simple rules of thumb. We evaluate the validity of incrementalism by examining the annual spending decisions of 403 English local authorities over 15 budgetary cycles. Two budgetary norms are tested empirically: protect the real level of service provision, and follow central expendit…
Human Resource Management in the Public and Private Sectors
Party Competition In English Local Government
Party competition is an important mechanism for securing responsiveness and accountability in local government. Two measures of competition are identified and applied to all local party systems in England: dominance, which refers to the strength of the ruling party in the present; and volatility, which concerns changes in party strength in the past. The evidence shows that, on either measure, competition is strongest in the non-metropolitan count…
Comparing the performance of local authorities
Evaluating the Structure of Local Government
The concept of a tier is central to the structure of local government. However there has been no clear definition of the concept, and the term has been applied in vague and inconsistent ways. Furthermore, no procedure exists for identifying the number of tiers in a local government system. In order to resolve these problems a pure model of a hierarchical local government tier structure is outlined, and the concepts of parallel, partial and compre…
Population Size and Economies of Scale in Local Government
The existence of scale economies in the production of local government services is increasingly questioned by policy makers and academics. In place of the old orthodoxy that big is beautiful, a new orthodoxy is emerging that there are no significant scale effects. However, the empirical evidence does not warrant this conclusion. There may be scale economies in local services, but these relate to the output of service plants, not the size of the p…
Consultation, commissions and local government reform in Scotland and Wales
So you think you know what local government is
Recurring Issues in Scottish Local Government Reform
This article examines the political pressures affecting local government reorgan isation in Scotland. It highlights conflicts over reform between local and central government, within political parties and within the local government environment itself. It concludes that such tensions are inevitable in any reform process. The Government entered the reform process in 1991 believing that there was a consensus on single-tier. In fact, whereas there w…
Ships in the Night
The departure of Margaret Thatcher in 1990 opened up the opportunity for a re-examination of the local government structure. Influenced by Michael Heseltine, one of the first decisions taken by the Major administration was to review the potential for structural change. In England, a rolling commission was established under the chairmanship of Sir John Banham, while in Scotland and Wales, ministerial reviews were conducted following lengthy consul…
Bidding for unitary status
Population Size and Economies of Scale in Local Government
The existence of scale economies in the production of local government services is increasingly questioned by policy makers and academics. In place of the old orthodoxy that big is beautiful, a new orthodoxy is emerging that there are no significant scale effects. However, the empirical evidence does not warrant this conclusion. There may be scale economies in local services, but these relate to the output of service plants, not the size of the p…
Prosocial Behavior and Public Service Motivation
Although research on public service motivation ( PSM ) is vast, there is little evidence regarding the effects of PSM on observable behavior. This article contributes to the understanding of the behavioral implications of PSM by investigating whether PSM is associated with prosocial behavior. Moreover, it addresses whether and how the behavior of other group members influences this relationship. The article uses the experimental setting of the pu…
Public Sector Motivationad fonts
Public Service Motivation (PSM) is a topic that has generated considerable interest among Public Administration scholars. Research on PSM has mainly focused on either defining what PSM is and how this construct can be measured or on testing how PSM affects individual and organizational variables. However, very little is known about how the motivation to serve the public interest is influenced by personality. We evaluate the psychological antecede…
Human Resource Management in the Public and Private Sectors
Executive Succession and the Performance of Public Organizations
A theoretical framework is developed for the analysis of the impact of executive succession in public organizations. The central concepts in the model are the motives of chief executives, the means at their disposal and the opportunities available for influencing performance. The main hypothesis that flows from the model is that the effect of executive succession is likely to be small but significant. Furthermore, the strength of the impact of su…
The Evaluation of Public Service Inspection
Inspection is an important and growing element of the regulation of public services. We develop a theoretical framework for the evaluation of inspection and illustrate the practical relevance of this framework with reference to the new Best Value inspectorate for UK local government. The framework contains three elements that facilitate the effectiveness of an inspection system (a director, a detector and an effector), five potential problems tha…
Towards a geography of people poverty and place poverty
English Much of the focus on the geography of poverty relates to ‘people poverty’, the geography of private income, or income proxy measures. In contrast to a sole emphasis on the geography of people poverty, this article broadens the debate to include the relatively neglected aspect of place poverty. It discusses the conceptual differences between people poverty and place poverty, and then provides an illustration of the differences between thei…
Plans, performance information and accountability
The current UK government emphasizes the importance of mechanisms of accountability that involve the planning and public reporting of performance. One example of this is the Best Value performance plan. However, there has been little evaluation of the quality of the information provided in this type of document. This paper draws on literature on stakeholding and user needs to identify the data required for accountability. It then assesses whether…
Comparing the performance of local authorities
Structural Change and Public Service Performance
Organization theory suggests that structural change has disruptive effects on managerial behaviour and organizational outcomes, and that these effects are likely to emerge in the period between the announcement and the commencement of the new structure. We evaluate the validity of this argument by analysing the performance of English county councils in the transition period before the voluntary restructuring of a sub‐set of these organizations. D…
Planning, Performance And Public Services
The policies of the Labour government in the UK place renewed emphasis on rational planning in the public sector. The government’s assumption is that this approach to decision making will lead to improvements in performance. Although the theoretical costs and benefits of rational planning have been widely debated in the public administration literature, no systematic empirical research on the impact of planning on the performance of public organi…
The Spatial Strategy of Equality and the Spatial Division of Welfare
In this paper we argue that little is known about either the geographical objectives or the spatial outputs of the welfare state. Conclusions of geographical inequality are problematic for three main reasons. First, the geographical aims of the welfare state, “the spatial strategy of equality”, are unclear. Second, the geographical distributional paradigm is rarely placed in the wider context of local and national welfare states, and the tension …
Corporate Capacity and Public Service Performance
Corporate capacity is arguably a key determinant of the success or failure of public sector organizations. However, while there is growing evidence on the extent of corporate capacity, few researchers have systematically examined whether it is linked to public service performance. Does a larger corporate centre lead to better or worse performance for the organization as a whole? To answer this question we apply seemingly unrelated regression to m…
Managing Migration? Eu Enlargement, Local Government Capacity and Performance in England
This study explores how English local governments managed high levels of worker migration from Eastern Europe in the wake of the enlargement of the European Union in 2004. Theories of local government capacity suggest that strong central administration and vibrant community organizational life can increase the likelihood that public service performance will be maintained despite sudden shifts in the external environment. We explore the interactiv…
Testing The Limits of Incrementalism
Studies of budgetary outputs in public organizations are dominated by the theory of incrementalism. This perspective suggests that expenditure decisions are based on simple rules of thumb. We evaluate the validity of incrementalism by examining the annual spending decisions of 403 English local authorities over 15 budgetary cycles. Two budgetary norms are tested empirically: protect the real level of service provision, and follow central expendit…
When Bureaucracy Matters for Organizational Performance
Administrative intensity is arguably a major determinant of public service performance. Although a large administrative function might constitute a bureaucratic burden, it could also enable organizations to better coordinate key activities. In particular, administrative intensity may strengthen or weaken the performance effects of other key organizational characteristics, such as size and task complexity. To explore these ideas, we analyse the se…
Introduction To The Symposium on New Labour and The Modernization of Public Management
So you think you know what local government is
Bidding for unitary status
Consultation, commissions and local government reform in Scotland and Wales
Ships in the Night
The departure of Margaret Thatcher in 1990 opened up the opportunity for a re-examination of the local government structure. Influenced by Michael Heseltine, one of the first decisions taken by the Major administration was to review the potential for structural change. In England, a rolling commission was established under the chairmanship of Sir John Banham, while in Scotland and Wales, ministerial reviews were conducted following lengthy consul…
The Privatisation of Public Housing
The Extent and Impact of Local Fiscal Stress
This paper analyses fiscal stress in local authorities in England and Wales since 1981. Part I identifies the extent of fiscal stress and shows that in many local authorities it has been high. Part II analyses the consequences of fiscal stress for social and economic conditions in local areas. The empirical analysis shows that fiscal stress tends to be more severe in areas which are already deprived. Such areas may therefore be prone toa 'fiscal …
Evaluating the Structure of Local Government
The concept of a tier is central to the structure of local government. However there has been no clear definition of the concept, and the term has been applied in vague and inconsistent ways. Furthermore, no procedure exists for identifying the number of tiers in a local government system. In order to resolve these problems a pure model of a hierarchical local government tier structure is outlined, and the concepts of parallel, partial and compre…
Recurring Issues in Scottish Local Government Reform
This article examines the political pressures affecting local government reorgan isation in Scotland. It highlights conflicts over reform between local and central government, within political parties and within the local government environment itself. It concludes that such tensions are inevitable in any reform process. The Government entered the reform process in 1991 believing that there was a consensus on single-tier. In fact, whereas there w…
The Privatisation of Public Housing
Housing Administrators and Empire Building
The Extent and Impact of Local Fiscal Stress
This paper analyses fiscal stress in local authorities in England and Wales since 1981. Part I identifies the extent of fiscal stress and shows that in many local authorities it has been high. Part II analyses the consequences of fiscal stress for social and economic conditions in local areas. The empirical analysis shows that fiscal stress tends to be more severe in areas which are already deprived. Such areas may therefore be prone toa 'fiscal …
Bidding for unitary status
Ships in the Night
The departure of Margaret Thatcher in 1990 opened up the opportunity for a re-examination of the local government structure. Influenced by Michael Heseltine, one of the first decisions taken by the Major administration was to review the potential for structural change. In England, a rolling commission was established under the chairmanship of Sir John Banham, while in Scotland and Wales, ministerial reviews were conducted following lengthy consul…
Population Size and Economies of Scale in Local Government
The existence of scale economies in the production of local government services is increasingly questioned by policy makers and academics. In place of the old orthodoxy that big is beautiful, a new orthodoxy is emerging that there are no significant scale effects. However, the empirical evidence does not warrant this conclusion. There may be scale economies in local services, but these relate to the output of service plants, not the size of the p…
Consultation, commissions and local government reform in Scotland and Wales
So you think you know what local government is
Recurring Issues in Scottish Local Government Reform
This article examines the political pressures affecting local government reorgan isation in Scotland. It highlights conflicts over reform between local and central government, within political parties and within the local government environment itself. It concludes that such tensions are inevitable in any reform process. The Government entered the reform process in 1991 believing that there was a consensus on single-tier. In fact, whereas there w…
Evaluating the Structure of Local Government
The concept of a tier is central to the structure of local government. However there has been no clear definition of the concept, and the term has been applied in vague and inconsistent ways. Furthermore, no procedure exists for identifying the number of tiers in a local government system. In order to resolve these problems a pure model of a hierarchical local government tier structure is outlined, and the concepts of parallel, partial and compre…
Party Competition In English Local Government
Party competition is an important mechanism for securing responsiveness and accountability in local government. Two measures of competition are identified and applied to all local party systems in England: dominance, which refers to the strength of the ruling party in the present; and volatility, which concerns changes in party strength in the past. The evidence shows that, on either measure, competition is strongest in the non-metropolitan count…
Comparing the performance of local authorities
Human Resource Management in the Public and Private Sectors
Testing The Limits of Incrementalism
Studies of budgetary outputs in public organizations are dominated by the theory of incrementalism. This perspective suggests that expenditure decisions are based on simple rules of thumb. We evaluate the validity of incrementalism by examining the annual spending decisions of 403 English local authorities over 15 budgetary cycles. Two budgetary norms are tested empirically: protect the real level of service provision, and follow central expendit…
The Spatial Strategy of Equality and the Spatial Division of Welfare
In this paper we argue that little is known about either the geographical objectives or the spatial outputs of the welfare state. Conclusions of geographical inequality are problematic for three main reasons. First, the geographical aims of the welfare state, “the spatial strategy of equality”, are unclear. Second, the geographical distributional paradigm is rarely placed in the wider context of local and national welfare states, and the tension …
Introduction To The Symposium on New Labour and The Modernization of Public Management
Planning, Performance And Public Services
The policies of the Labour government in the UK place renewed emphasis on rational planning in the public sector. The government’s assumption is that this approach to decision making will lead to improvements in performance. Although the theoretical costs and benefits of rational planning have been widely debated in the public administration literature, no systematic empirical research on the impact of planning on the performance of public organi…
Towards a geography of people poverty and place poverty
English Much of the focus on the geography of poverty relates to ‘people poverty’, the geography of private income, or income proxy measures. In contrast to a sole emphasis on the geography of people poverty, this article broadens the debate to include the relatively neglected aspect of place poverty. It discusses the conceptual differences between people poverty and place poverty, and then provides an illustration of the differences between thei…
The Evaluation of Public Service Inspection
Inspection is an important and growing element of the regulation of public services. We develop a theoretical framework for the evaluation of inspection and illustrate the practical relevance of this framework with reference to the new Best Value inspectorate for UK local government. The framework contains three elements that facilitate the effectiveness of an inspection system (a director, a detector and an effector), five potential problems tha…
Executive Succession and the Performance of Public Organizations
A theoretical framework is developed for the analysis of the impact of executive succession in public organizations. The central concepts in the model are the motives of chief executives, the means at their disposal and the opportunities available for influencing performance. The main hypothesis that flows from the model is that the effect of executive succession is likely to be small but significant. Furthermore, the strength of the impact of su…
Plans, performance information and accountability
The current UK government emphasizes the importance of mechanisms of accountability that involve the planning and public reporting of performance. One example of this is the Best Value performance plan. However, there has been little evaluation of the quality of the information provided in this type of document. This paper draws on literature on stakeholding and user needs to identify the data required for accountability. It then assesses whether…
Bureaucracy in a Democratic State
Structural Change and Public Service Performance
Organization theory suggests that structural change has disruptive effects on managerial behaviour and organizational outcomes, and that these effects are likely to emerge in the period between the announcement and the commencement of the new structure. We evaluate the validity of this argument by analysing the performance of English county councils in the transition period before the voluntary restructuring of a sub‐set of these organizations. D…
Corporate Capacity and Public Service Performance
Corporate capacity is arguably a key determinant of the success or failure of public sector organizations. However, while there is growing evidence on the extent of corporate capacity, few researchers have systematically examined whether it is linked to public service performance. Does a larger corporate centre lead to better or worse performance for the organization as a whole? To answer this question we apply seemingly unrelated regression to m…
Managing Migration? Eu Enlargement, Local Government Capacity and Performance in England
This study explores how English local governments managed high levels of worker migration from Eastern Europe in the wake of the enlargement of the European Union in 2004. Theories of local government capacity suggest that strong central administration and vibrant community organizational life can increase the likelihood that public service performance will be maintained despite sudden shifts in the external environment. We explore the interactiv…
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