State employees' unions and administrative reforms: comparisons between Sweden, Norway, Australia and New Zealand.
- Forfatter
- Roness, Paul G.
- Årstall
- 2004
- Utgiver
- The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 15:3, 466-474.
- Publikasjonstype:
- Tidsskriftsartikkel
- Antall sider:
- 10
- Publiseringsspråk:
- Engelsk
- Land publikasjonen kommer fra:
- UK
- NSD-referanse:
- 2566
- Disse opplysningene er sist endret:
- 24/8 2007
Horisontal dimensjon
- Stat
Publikasjonens datagrunnlag
- Komparativ mellom land
Land som er gjenstand for studien
- Australia
- New Zealand
- Norge
- Sverige
Verkemiddel i den konstituerande styringa
- 1.7 Personaladministrative/demografiske verkemiddel
Studieoppdrag
- Forskning
Studietype
- Beslutningsprosessar
- Iverksetting/implementeringsstudie
- Effektstudie/implikasjoner/resultater
Type effekt
- Effekter i arbeidslivet
Sektor (cofog)
- Staten generelt
Sammendrag
This paper discusses how methodological challenges and problems
were handled in a study of how state employees’ unions responded to, had an impact on
and were affected by new public management reforms in Sweden, Norway, Australia and
New Zealand. In the study, particular emphasis was put on institutional characteristics of
the unions. The paper clarifies the operational measures of this concept (construct validity)
and their causal relationship to the actions and outcomes of the reform processes (internal
validity). Two other aspects of research design (external validity and reliability) are also
discussed. Finally, some more general lessons learned from the study are indicated.