Public Service Performance

1. Introduction George A Boyne, Kenneth J. Meier, Laurence J. O'Toole, Jr. and Richard M. Walker; 2. Subjective and objective measures of organizational performance: an empirical exploration Rhys Andrews, George A. Boyne and Richard M. Walker; 3. All measures of performance are subjective: more evidence on US federal agencies Gene A. Brewer; 4. A qualitative evaluation of public sector organizations: assessing organizational performance in healthcare Rachael Addicott and Ewan Ferlie; 5. Quantitative approaches towards assessing organizational performance Peter C. Smith; 6. Consequences of goal ambiguity in public organizations Young Han Chun and Hal G. Rainey; 7. Performance control and public organizations Patrick Kenis; 8. Bureaucratic red tape and organizational performance: testing the moderating role of culture and political support Sanjay J. Pandy and Donald Moynihan; 9. All that glitters is not gold: disaggregating networks and the impact on performance Kenneth J. Meier, Laurence J. O'Toole, Jr. and Yi Lu; 10. Network evolution and performance under public contracting for mental health services Keith G. Provan, H. Brinton Milward and Kimberley Roussin Isett; 11. The design and management of performance-based contracts for public welfare services Youseok Choi and Carolyn J. Heinrich; 12. Outsourcing government information technology services: an Australian case study Graeme Hodge and Anne Rouse; 13. International comparisons of output and productivity in public service provision: a review Mary O'Mahony and Philip Stevens; 14. Public management and government performance: an international review Melissa Forbes, Carolyn J. Hill and Laurence E. Lynn, Jr.; 15. What drives global e-government? An exploratory assessment of existing e-government performance measures Eric W. Welch, M. Jae Moon and Wilson Wong; 16. Public management and organizational performance: an agenda for research George A. Boyne, Kenneth J. Meier, Laurence J. O'Toole Jr. and Richard M. Walker.