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MacCarthaigh, Muiris & Paul G. Roness (2012):

Analyzing Longitudinal Continuity and Change in Public Sector Organizations

International Journal of Public Administration, 2012, Vol.35(12), p.773-782

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Type of publication:

Tidsskriftsartikkel

Link to publication:

http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01900692.2012.715567

Link to review:

http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01900692.2012.715567

Comment:

Article part of Volume 35, Issue 12, 2012
Special Issue: Mapping Public Sector Organizations

http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/lpad20/35/12

Number of pages:

9

ISSN:

1532-4265

Language of publication:

Engelsk

NSD-reference:

3091

This page was last updated:

4/6 2014

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Summary:

This article provides the introduction to a special edition that presents for the first time a series of detailed country case studies concerned with the matter of organizational life cycles. Building on some recent scholarship, it begins by surveying the development of the field, before setting out some of the key methodological and theoretical issues and challenges involved in adopting a longitudinal perspective to the study of organizational change. It proposes that by capturing the variety of ways in which public sector organizations emerge, survive, and terminate, new perspectives on how administrative systems evolve can be presented and compared.