Exploring the links between smart city and sustainability in public management: a discourse analysis of public managers in Bahrain

Explorer les liens entre ville intelligente et durabilité en matière de gestion publique: une analyse de discours de managers publics au Bahreïn

Mohammed Chergui-Darif, Solange Hernandez () and Bruno Tiberghien ()
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Mohammed Chergui-Darif: AMU IMPGT - Institut de management public et de gouvernance territoriale - AMU - Aix Marseille Université, CERGAM de Toulon - Centre d'Études et de Recherche en Gestion d'Aix-Marseille/Equipe de recherche de Toulon - CERGAM - Centre d'Études et de Recherche en Gestion d'Aix-Marseille - AMU - Aix Marseille Université - UTLN - Université de Toulon - IAE Toulon - Institut d'Administration des Entreprises (IAE) - Toulon - UTLN - Université de Toulon
Solange Hernandez: AMU IMPGT - Institut de management public et de gouvernance territoriale - AMU - Aix Marseille Université, CERGAM - Centre d'Études et de Recherche en Gestion d'Aix-Marseille - AMU - Aix Marseille Université - UTLN - Université de Toulon, AMU - Aix Marseille Université

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Abstract: This research explores how sustainability and territorial intelligence are represented and articulated in the discourses of public managers using the under-studied case of Bahrain. To do this, an exploratory and qualitative field study was carried out with 92 Bahraini public managers, in two distinct waves (2018, 2021), following an identical protocol which included individual brainstorming, creation of a collective mental map and semi-structured interviews. The data collected was processed using textual statistics, including typological and factorial analyses. The results reveal a modest presence of the connection between sustainability and smart city in the speeches of public managers. Bahrain is committed to reforming public administration and evolving its development model, relying heavily on digitalization, without clearly integrating a sustainability objective.

Date: 2025-10-15
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Published in Management international = International management = Gestión internacional, 2025, 29 (3), pp.24-35. ⟨10.59876/a-fcjy-bchj⟩

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DOI: 10.59876/a-fcjy-bchj

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