What makes work smart in the public sector? Insights from a bibliometric analysis and interpretive literature review

Rocco Palumbo, Mohammad Fakhar Manesh and Damiano Petrolo

Public Management Review, 2024, vol. 26, issue 6, 1449-1474

Abstract: Debate on smart working in the public sector is rich, yet poorly systematized. The article fills this gap through a domain-based literature review. A bibliometric investigation enabled us to cluster 72 relevant papers in 5 research streams based on bibliographic coupling. An interpretive approach was undertaken to analyse key themes addressed within and across the clusters. A blurred account of smart working emerged. Despite the triggers fostering the transition towards smart working, its contents are ambiguous. Smart work arrangements fall short in augmenting the individual control over job and impair interpersonal relationships at work, paving the way for dumb work.

Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1080/14719037.2022.2152479

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