Contracting out has long been used in all levels of government in the United States, with
federal contract spending increasing 8% to 9% annually since 2015. The literature on …

We develop a conceptual framework that integrates and extends existing explanations of
outsourcing's effects on the government workforce and organizational performance. We then …

This study establishes a baseline for green space management in Norwegian municipalities.
The aim of a comprehensive survey sent to all Norwegian municipalities in 2017, was to …

This paper reports on how Nordic practise relates to, and perceives contemporary
challenges to urban open space management. The study used a case study approach, via …

Whether governments pay more than firms when contracting has been an important and
stubbornly vexing question in public management. One challenge has been finding ways to …

Theoretical perspectives on the ideological influences on government contracting predict
that local governments controlled by right‐wing political parties will contract out a higher …

Previous studies reveal that outsourcing practices generally have negative consequences
for employee job satisfaction. As employee job satisfaction is a precursor of employee …

The widespread use of government contracting opens up learning opportunities in public
organizations' engagements with private contractors. However, whether public organizations …

As urbanization increases, so do the demands on public parks to serve multiple aesthetic,
recreational, and ecological functions. Decisions about vegetation selection and …

Achievement of organizations' already set out goals and the level of attainment of those
goals measure how successful the organizations are. They seek numerous strategies to …