Scholars of public management have consistently found that management matters, but little research has considered how much management matters or whether the link between management and performance may be contingent on various factors. This article further investigates the link between management...

Do men and women manage differently? Do their efforts have different impacts on public program performance? Building from a formal treatment of public management and performance, this study investigates how the interaction of gender and management strategies influences organizational...

Public management research has identified a dizzying array of management variables that affect organizational performance. While scholars have learned much by analyzing one or a few specific behavioral dimensions of public management at a time, we argue for the value of a more holistic and...

Enhancing managerial discretion has been a key element of the New Public Management reforms. In a market affected by informational asymmetries and high staff turnover, we explore how a policy that constrains managers’ discretion in recruitment influences the performance of public services. The...