Debates about the merits of publicness have dominated the public administration landscape
since the foundation of the modern state. The extent of organizational publicness …

Long-term care systems across countries within the Organisation for Economic Co-operation
and Development have undergone a progressive marketisation and financialisation in …

We examine the relationship between a range of new public management (NPM) practices
and citizens' perceptions of service efficiency, responsiveness, equity and effectiveness in …

In this new edition of his popular textbook, Nonprofit Organizations: Theory, Management,
Policy, Helmut K. Anheier has fully updated, revised and expanded his comprehensive …

Cross-sectoral partnerships are increasingly seen as a solution to the most pressing social
problems facing contemporary societies. Sectoral rationales for partnership suggest that …

Public services are often provided in markets where both public and private providers
operate. Irrespective of ownership status, public services ought to be accessible regardless …

Nonprofit organizations are increasingly advised to become fiscally self-sufficient and
reduce resource dependence to preserve autonomy. However, little is known empirically …

How does contracting out affect service performance? Evidence to date is mixed. We argue
that this is partially due to prior studies focusing often on whether—not how—services are …

The provision of public services by for-profit and non-profit organizations is widespread in
OECD countries, but the jury is still out on whether outsourcing has improved service quality …

The purpose of this study is to test differences and similarities of the public, private, and
nonprofit sector employees by examining the antecedents and simultaneity of job …