I am studying the relational aspects of the relationship between different government agencies. So I look for research on informal governance in public sector. Does anyone have any indication?
Here’s a mix of theory and empirical references/ links and a couple of attachments that I hope may be of some help.
Kind regards,
Paul Chaney
I B Hudson, B Hardy, M Henwood (1999) n pursuit of inter-agency collaboration in the public sector: What is the contribution of theory and research? Public Management: An International Journal of Research and Theory, 1, 2, 235-260. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14719039900000005
Agranoff, R. (2006) Inside Collaborative Networks: Ten Lessons for Public Managers, Public Administration Review [attached]
S Richardson, S Asthana - British Journal of Social Work, 2006 Inter-agency information sharing in health and social care services: the role of professional culture, British Journal of Social Work (2006) 36, 657–669 [attached]
Zampetakis, Leonidas A.; Moustakis, Vassilis (2007) Entrepreneurial behaviour in the Greek public sector, International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research, Volume 13, Number 1, 2007, pp. 19-38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/13552550710725165
Sharon S. Dawes, Anthony M. Cresswell, and Theresa A. Pardo (2009) Information Sharing and Public Sector Knowledge Networks, Public Administration Review, Volume 69, Number 3, May/June 2009, pp. 391-391. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-6210.2009.01987_1.x
Doig, Alan; Levi, Michael (2009) Inter-agency work and the UK public sector investigation of fraud, 1996-2006: joined-up rhetoric and disjointed reality, Policing and Society, Volume 19, Number 3, September 2009, pp. 199-215. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10439460902863311
Singh Sandhu, Manjit; Kishore Jain, Kamal; Umi Kalthom bte Ahmad, Ir (2011) Knowledge sharing among public sector employees: evidence from Malaysia, International Journal of Public Sector Management, Volume 24, Number 3, 2011, pp. 206-226. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/09513551111121347
Callender, Guy (2011) Alignment of inter-agency supply chains to enhance public sector performance management, International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, Volume 60, Number 1, 2011, pp. 9-23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/17410401111094286
Bryson, J. et al. The Design and Implementation of Cross-Sector Collaborations: Propositions from the Literature, Public Administration Review [attached]
Dear Edgar, as well as the excellent suggestions above, I would recommend checking out the work of Chris Cornforth who has been studying and writing about public sector governance for many years. He is on ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Chris_Cornforth - good luck!