The purpose of this paper is to offer a critical discussion of information system adoption in
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There is a substantial literature on e-government that discusses information and
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Peter Pels (University of Amsterdam/University of Leiden) currently works on the historical
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has shaped the evolution of this book in important ways. Our current roles, one working in …

How policymakers should guide, manage, and oversee public bureaucracies is a question
that lies at the heart of contemporary debates about government and public administration …

Both risk and uncertainty are neo-liberal concepts, which can be viewed as complementary
techniques for governing diverse aspects of life, rather than natural states of things. This new …

Quality and Power in Higher Education covers a wide range of issues including: the policy
contexts, new managerialism, the costs of quality assurance, collegiality, peer review …

As professionals belong to occupational systems but also increasingly work inside
organizations, new linkages between occupational and organizational domains are …

Managerial authority is a fundamental concept within organizational and management
research, often understood as a defining feature of organizations. However, far-reaching …