Public Management Review

2008 - 2026

Current editor(s): Stephen P. Osborne

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Volume 28, issue 6, 2026

Empowering justice: female police officers’ perspectives on advocating for female victims in South Korea pp. 1467-1485

Sunyoung Pyo and Hongseok Lee

Public service motivation and policy implementation attitudes: survey experimental evidence from Street-level Bureaucrats in China pp. 1486-1510

Chao An, Jinhai Yu and Xi Tan

Psychological Contract Fulfillment in a Changing Public Sector: a Mixed-Methods Case-Study pp. 1511-1533

Danika Pieters, Bjorn Kleizen, Jan Wynen and Koen Verhoest

Understanding stringency of performance systems: the case of performance-based funding in U.S. higher education pp. 1534-1561

Lilia Minaya, Milena I. Neshkova and Alexander Kroll

Mitigating collaborative inertia: how leadership transfer networks improve the low-carbon governance of local governments pp. 1562-1590

Bin Guan and Pinggui Gao

Contribute to public value, experience flow: evidence from a two-wave study in the context of public administration pp. 1591-1618

Timo Meynhardt, Jessica Bardeli, Fabian Christandl and Maximilian Feser

Does bureaucracy demotivate public servants? An assessment of psychological mechanisms and the moderating role of age pp. 1619-1643

Glenn Houtgraaf and Rick T. Borst

Explaining patterns of co-creation in Swiss local governance pp. 1644-1666

Jörn Ege, Claire Kaiser and Reto Steiner

Broader and more intensive sustainable public procurement: a legitimacy theory perspective pp. 1667-1695

Ruben Nicolas and Fredo Schotanus

Police leadership at the political interface: A systematic literature review pp. 1696-1718

Jane Roberts and Jean Hartley

Operational transparency and satisfaction with public services pp. 1719-1747

Hung-Yi Hsu

Trust in nursing home services within weak regulatory regimes: the role of information, control and participation pp. 1748-1774

Ixchel Pérez-Durán and Koen Verhoest

The dual nature of innovation in government: differentiating between generation and borrowing pp. 1775-1802

Jianxing Yu, Junxing Wang and Biao Huang

The interactive effects of professionalism and politicization: why professional standards and political control mix like oil and water pp. 1803-1833

Anmol Soni, Evan Mistur and M. Blake Emidy

Fostering resilience and commitment among volunteers: the role of job demands and autonomy pp. 1834-1866

Susan Schwarz, Gary Schwarz, Zhou Jiang, Qing Miao and Alexander Newman

Volume 28, issue 5, 2026

Designing response networks in turbulent times: necessary and sufficient conditions pp. 1109-1135

Benedetta Trivellato, Daniela Cristofoli, Maria Cucciniello, Marta Micacchi, Alex Turrini and Giovanni Valotti

Antecedents of emergency services’ Street Level Bureaucrats’ (SLBs) delivery of public value: an exploratory study pp. 1136-1156

Yvonne Brunetto, Ben Farr-Wharton, Aglae Hernandez Grande, Fleur Sharafizad and Matthew Richman

Understanding the mobility of public leaders: switching between sectors and governmental levels pp. 1157-1181

Maria Falk Mikkelsen, Bente Bjørnholt, Lene Holm Pedersen and Jesper Rosenberg Hansen

Intertwined dimensions of private value in the digitalization of higher education pp. 1182-1211

Higor Leite, Peggy Alexopoulou, Tien-Der Han and Amanda Berry

The impact of accountability systems on public employee well-being and the moderating effects of role clarity and job autonomy pp. 1212-1238

Yousueng Han, Kwangseon Hwang, Eunjin (Anna) Kim and Peter J. Robertson

Are “justified” biases acceptable? Citizens’ perceptions of gendered government hiring pp. 1239-1260

Yao Wang, Ning Liu and Richard M. Walker

Self-organizing work in practice: the case of community-based flooding initiatives in Scotland pp. 1261-1282

Kirsty Holstead and Merlijn van Hulst

Exploring the roles of non-profit organizations in co-production: a systematic literature review pp. 1283-1308

Chengzhi Yi, Xinyi Qiu and Huafang Li

Forced online-level bureaucrats during the pandemic. Analysing the telework experience of social service workers pp. 1309-1333

Joanna Andraszak, Eleni Papaoikonomou and Amado Alarcón

Supervisory autonomy support: does it strengthen the PSM—Employee engagement relationship? pp. 1334-1357

J. Travis Bland and Kenneth A. Kriz

Impact of relational and moral motives on social innovation: the mediating role of value co-creation pp. 1358-1383

Peng Xiaobao, Sandra Asare, Emmanuel Mensah Horsey, Sumran Ali and Sheng Sibei

The influence of new public management on the police first-line manager: exploring the challenges faced by practitioner managers pp. 1384-1401

Scott Banks and Anthony May

The metagovernance of power in collaboration innovation: a case study of transforming local systems in the Scottish Highlands pp. 1402-1429

Riley Livingstone

Can information frames nudge citizens to co-produce in emergency preparedness? —evidence from a survey experiment pp. 1430-1466

Xinyi Qiu, Jinfeng Zhang and Chengzhi Yi

Volume 28, issue 4, 2026

Does negative feedback on financial performance affect managerial turnover? pp. 847-868

Jinhai Yu and Xin Chen

Testing the conceptual boundaries of public service motivation and sense of community responsibility: prosocial actions in community and political engagement pp. 869-889

Neil M. Boyd and Jaclyn Piatak

Idiosyncrasies of public value: how individual characteristics influence citizen perceptions of public value pp. 890-913

Joseph A. Hafer and Md Sharif Hossain

Why do some local governments respond actively to the initiatives of national Non-Governmental Organizations? pp. 914-932

Fanrong Meng, Meng Yuan and Zitao Chen

Capitalization of social service nonprofit activities: homeless service provider openings and home values pp. 933-959

Yoon-Jung Choi, Saerim Kim and Andrew Sullivan

Ongoing strategizing in practice: Examining CEO activities and a social enterprise’s pathways to growth and greater effectiveness pp. 960-993

John M. Bryson, Danbi Seo, Yuan Daniel Cheng, Barbara C. Crosby and Shuping Wang

The impact of telework on public service motivation: exploring the role of authentic leadership in pre- and post-pandemic contexts pp. 994-1016

SeungUk Hur

Why officials are held strictly accountable: a qualitative comparative analysis of emergencies in China pp. 1017-1037

Fujun Zhou, Cheng Fu and Chunyan Hu

How supervisor’s life-span related HRM practices drive flow and employability of teachers: the moderating role of leader-member exchange pp. 1038-1061

Beatrice I. J. M. Van der Heijden, Mieke Audenaert, Elias Janssen, Vincent Goossens and Adelien Decramer

Modes of strategic control: shifting dynamics between planning and control tools in strategy implementation pp. 1062-1086

Andreas Sundström and Fredrik Svärdsten

Agency orientation and bureaucratic behaviour towards clients: evidence from a survey experiment among unemployment caseworkers pp. 1087-1107

Mogens Jin Pedersen, Niels Bjørn Grund Petersen, Martin Bækgaard and Jonas Krogh Madsen

Volume 28, issue 3, 2026

Can the experience in COVID-19 prevention and control improve the emergency response capacity of local civil servants in China? pp. 561-579

Ying Chen, Hao Liu and Lin Ma

Bureaucratic burden or administrative capacity? Administrative intensity and fiscal performance of local governments pp. 580-601

Jin Kim and Hyejin Kang

Blending the two communities: concurrent evidence use in state-level policy processes pp. 602-619

Kimberley R. Isett, Diana Hicks and Gordon Kingsley

Algorithms for a new season? Mapping a decade of research on the artificial intelligence-driven digital transformation of public administration pp. 620-654

Yanto Chandra and Naikang Feng

Nonprofit sector ambidexterity: a framework for understanding innovation and strategy change in nonprofit organizations pp. 655-677

Danbi Seo, John M. Bryson and Matt Williams

The impact of descriptive social norms on coproduction: How communication frames matter pp. 678-704

Yan Wang, Shuwei Zhang and Jinfeng Zhang

Transparency and citizen satisfaction: a meta-analysis and future research agenda pp. 705-739

Ruiying Li, Qiushi Wang and Tingli Qu

Using public–private partnerships for political reasons: the Government’s motivation and conditions pp. 740-770

Yanbing Han and Hai (David) Guo

Middle managers matter! Unpacking the deployment and adaptation of organization-level dynamic capabilities pp. 771-798

Petter Gullmark, Carlo Salvato and Tommy H. Clausen

Citizens engaging in public service provision: value co-creation or hard work? pp. 799-819

Per Skålén, Robin Bankel and Johan Kaluza

Staff (mis)allocation in public agencies: evidence from protected area management in Brazil pp. 820-846

Gus Greenstein

Volume 28, issue 2, 2026

‘Volunteers are incompetent’: how the stereotype of incompetence impacts new volunteer’s participation pp. 255-278

Qing Miao, Jinhao Huang, Yuhang He and Chao Pan

(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction? The effect of servant leadership on firefighters’ global satisfaction – a social identity approach pp. 279-306

Anthony Perrier, Mathieu Molines, Martin Storme and Assâad El Akremi

Network governance of collaborative innovation: a bipartite network perspective pp. 307-333

Ge Wang, Yanlu Zha, Tao Wang, Guangdong Wu, Hongtao Yi and Bingsheng Liu

How is empathy used in public service? A systematic literature review pp. 334-358

Assel Mussagulova

Communicating social justice in the public sphere: the case of public higher education pp. 359-387

Ishara Casellas Connors and Hailey Feik

A multi-stakeholder perspective to improve the efficacy of management consulting practice in the New Zealand public health system pp. 388-414

Adeel Akmal, Nataliya Podgorodnichenko, Robin Gauld and Tim Stokes

Framework for cross-border governance: from cross-border critical factors to sustainable development pp. 415-476

Caroline Krüger, Adriana Fiorani Pennabel, Marco Antonio Catussi Paschoalotto, Fábio Henrique Correa Bogado Guimarães, Nino Rafael Medeiros Kruger, Marco Meneguzzo, Claudia Souza Passador and Adriana Cristina Ferreira Caldana

Can chatbots represent? Examining the potential for symbolic representation in automated service agents pp. 477-497

Brian Stelbotsky and Sanghee Park

Performance rankings reduce cognitive processing of underlying performance information pp. 498-520

Lisa Hohensinn, Jurgen Willems, Bert George and Steven Van de Walle

Love thy neighbour? Management team environment and effective leadership behaviour in public organizations pp. 521-539

Caroline Howard Grøn and Christian Bøtcher Jacobsen

Digital platforms and hybridized social sector accountability: a critical discourse analysis of promotional material pp. 540-560

Elizabeth-Rose Ahearn, Catherine Mai and Greg Marston

Volume 28, issue 1, 2026

Performance management in collaborations: exploring associations between distributed leadership and collective performance data use pp. 1-23

Alexander Kroll, Willow S. Jacobson and Kimberley R. Isett

Flying with clipped wings: dynamic capabilities of publicly owned health care providers pp. 24-44

Yevgen Bogodistov and Daniel Beimborn

The dance of power and responsibility: understanding the multilevel government influence on CSR practices in Chinese state-owned enterprises pp. 45-66

Lei Fan, Chuang Wu and Zucheng Zhou

Failed cases of collaborative innovation: when a castle turns into a tent pp. 67-89

Charlotte Van Dijck and Trui Steen

Organizational strategic stance and perceived public service performance: a public service logic perspective pp. 90-114

Pu Gong and Yongheng Yang

Public participation and distributional equity of government spending pp. 115-135

Milena I. Neshkova and Can Chen

Symbolic representation in policing: How officer characteristics shape police-suspect interactions pp. 136-157

Yong-Chan Rhee, Charles E. Menifield and Miyeon Song

Factors shaping the use of performance information by public managers pp. 158-179

Denita Cepiku, Marco Mastrodascio and Weijie Wang

Exploring the impact of external rewards on e-government services adoption: empirical evidence from Jordan pp. 180-206

Sabreen Abulhaija, Marta F. Arroyabe, Caleb Kwong and Wenjuan Zeng

Performance management in a collaborative context: the conundrum of hard accountability and sector partnership pp. 207-226

Luke I. Macris, Michael P. Sam and Steven J. Jackson

Procuring for social responsibility? A micro-institutionalist analysis of shaping factors, operational tensions and unintended outcomes pp. 227-254

D. Harrison