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Top Civil Servants Under Contract.

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Author
Lægreid, Per

Year
2000

Publisher
Public Administration an international quarterly Vol.78, No.4 p. 879-896 (2000)

Type of publication:
Tidsskriftsartikkel

Link to publication:
http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/action/showPdf?submitPDF=Full+Text+PDF+%28175+KB%29&doi=10.1111%2F1467-9299.00235

Link to review:
http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/1467-9299.00235

Comment:
Finst også som LOS-Senter særtrykk 0101 ved Rokkansenteret.

Number of pages:
18

Language of publication:
Engelsk

Country of publication:
UK

NSD-reference:
2540

This page was last updated:
2007-08-22 13:35:50.233

Affiliations related to this publication
  • Stat
Publikasjonens datagrunnlag
  • Komparativ mellom land
Land som er gjenstand for studien
  • New Zealand
  • Norge
Verkemiddel i den konstituerande styringa
  • 1.7 Personaladministrative/demografiske verkemiddel
Verkemiddel i den operative styringa av ststlege verksemder
  • 2.2 Kontraktslignande avtaler
Studieoppdrag
  • Forskning
Studietype
  • Effektstudie/implikasjoner/resultater
Type effekt
  • Strukturelle og styringsmessige effektar
Sektor (cofog)
  • Utøvande og lovgivande myndigheiter K
  • Generelle personaltenester K
  • Staten generelt

Summary
This article focuses on the introduction of the new top civil servant contract system in New Zealand and Norway. Even though both countries introduced contractual arrangements at the same time, the content of the reforms and their scope, scale and intensity are very different. The New Zealand reform was more radical and internally consistent. In contrast to an aggressive and thorough implementation in New Zealand, the contract system was implemented more cautiously and reluctantly in Norway. The effects of the reform are ambiguous and uncertain in both countries. A transformative perspective focusing on the interconnection between international administrative doctrines, national political-administrative culture, and polity feature is used to understand why contracts reforms have different contents, effects and implications.