Despite the abundance of red tape literature and the growing popularity of outsourcing in the public sector, no previous study investigates red tape in consulting relationships. Using survey data from public managers and the contractors with whom they work, we investigate public managers' and...

In this article, I investigate whether or not there is variance in public managers' perceptions of worker quality and work life, by sector. Specifically, I investigate whether state-level public managers perceive the public sector or the private sector as having more challenging work and more...