Conflicts over public value within public service ecosystems: a strategic action field approach

Per Skålén, Marit Engen and Line Jenhaug

Public Management Review, 2024, vol. 26, issue 11, 3298-3319

Abstract: In this paper, strategic action field theory and public value theory are utilized to develop knowledge about conflicts over public value in public service ecosystems (PSEs), with disabled people’s striving for independent living serving as an illustration. Five propositions are developed to show how conflicts in PSEs i) are centred around public value, ii) occur between incumbents and challengers, iii) implicate social skills, iv) are triggered by exogenous shocks, and v) eventually settle. This paper also responds to calls for research on theory building about PSEs by integrating public value with public service logic (PSL) and conceptualizing power in PSL.

Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1080/14719037.2024.2329226

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