Varieties of new public management? The reform of public service employment relations in the UK and USA

Stephen Bach; Rebecca Kolins Givan

doi:10.1080/09585192.2011.584399

Varieties of new public management? The reform of public service employment relations in the UK and USA

Stephen Bach, Rebecca Kolins Givan

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This article analyses developments in public service employment relations in the UK and USA over the last two decades that are associated with the implementation of new public management (NPM) style reforms. We examine developments in performance management, patterns of wage determination and trade union responses to these reforms. Although there are some similarities in the reform agenda, there are marked variations in the interpretation and implementation of NPM reforms, which reflect differing administrative traditions and the malleability of NPM reforms.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	2349-2366
Number of pages	18
Journal	International Journal of Human Resource Management
Volume	22
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2011.584399
State	Published - Jun 2011
Externally published	Yes

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Strategy and Management
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management
Management of Technology and Innovation

Keywords

Comparative HRM
Employment relations
New public management
Public sector
UK
USA

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