...-shaped tools, although the latter are used less often in practice. Research limitations/implications The obtained results need further confirmation based on a quantitively broader sample. Practical implications It is suggested to practitioners to choose individual QMTs with a focus on performance...

... management of compensation and benefits, computerised performance assessments based on outcomes, and self-service options for employees. In the same vein, Tong et al. (2022) explore the use of organisational websites to attract human talent. Pernici et al. (2024) emphasise that the use...

...Valeria Naciti; Guido Noto; Carlo Vermiglio; Gustavo Barresi Purpose Recently, the relationship between gender representation and organizational performance has been the focus of various studies. However, some research gaps still exist. First, in the healthcare sector, this relationship has been...

... that the FBC moderately meets the expectation of network participants to serve as a platform for exchanging experiences and increasing performance knowledge. However, the network's effectiveness is not dependent on the frequency of interactions among network members, but depends on their interactions...

...Aman Gupta; Sushil Kumar Purpose State-owned enterprises (SOEs) are essential tools to further policy objectives across the world. However, in the past few decades, heated debates on the performance of SOEs vis-à-vis private sector enterprises have surfaced. In India, SOEs have long played...

...Stephen Korutaro Nkundabanyanga; Venancio Tauringana; Moses Muhwezi Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to report the results of a study carried out to determine the effect of governing boards on the performance of Ugandan secondary schools. Specifically, the study investigated whether...

... ownership by presenting three public governance models and comparing them in the light of waterworks performance. Design/methodology/approach The research is qualitative in nature and presents SWOT analyses of three different public governance models used in the Finnish water sector. Empirical evidence...

...John Fenwick; Karen Johnston Miller Purpose Reform of local political management continues to be part of the international agenda for change as governments seek to create the conditions for better performance in local government. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of changes...

... of business performance from creating social inclusion, whilst in‐house (in particular) and LMC facilities stand to gain the most. Practical implications Though each approach to provision examined places a considerable strategic emphasis on being socially oriented, they are not effective at increasing...

...Andrea Guerrini; Giulia Romano; Bettina Campedelli Purpose The purpose of this paper is to carry out an analysis of Italian water utility companies to determine whether their performance was related to certain relevant variables that have been broadly discussed in the existing literature. Among...

... Local government Performance Contracts Australia In the last two decades, fundamental change has been introduced in public sector employment in Australia at the commonwealth, state and local government levels (Hughes, 1998). In the state of Victoria, statutory changes in local government (VLG...

... looked at the spectrum of ID in civil service reform, in terms of client‐based functional analysis leading to reformed structures and processes. This paper explores the concept and development of these processes, under the generic term performance budgeting (PB). The US federal experience of PB...

...Albert Caruana; B. Ramaseshan; Michael T. Ewing Amid rapid changes in the tertiary education sector witnessed in recent years, issues such as performance and accountability are becoming increasingly important. Among other things, market orientation has often been linked to performance. Investigates...

... MCB UP Limited 1989 Performance Training Work experience Trainers' Perceptions of the Factors which Influence the Transfer of Learning: An Indian Case Study by John Hayes University of Leeds John Pulparampil, Institute of Management in Government, Kerala, India Trainers' Perceptions 35...