Logics and Agency in Public Management Research

Tony Kinder (), Jari Stenvall () and Antti Talonen ()
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Tony Kinder: Tampere University
Jari Stenvall: Tampere University
Antti Talonen: University of Helsinki

Public Organization Review, 2023, vol. 23, issue 1, No 10, 159-180

Abstract: Abstract The article analyses the negative effects of the use of logics in public organisation research on active human agency. We build up a new conceptual model with which to approach logics in current research on organising public services; suggesting ways in which current models using logics in public organisation research can be strengthened. Our contribution is two-fold: we argue that Elder-Vass’ approach benefits from close synthesis with social learning theory (including recent thinking on trust, emotions, and distributed learning) and secondly, that grounding all usage of logics in logic-of-practice helps avoid a reification of logics and thirdly that situated learning better suits public organisation problem solving that the application of ‘new’ universal solutions.

Keywords: Logics; Agency; Public organization; Public management (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1007/s11115-021-00576-8

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