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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 287 - 308 |
| Number of pages | 22 |
| Journal | Public policy and administration |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| Early online date | 11 Feb 2020 |
| Publication status | Published - Jul 2023 |
Abstract
Administrative reform policies cutting across several sectors are commonplace in the public sector. However, reform policies do not necessarily result in organizational change. This article examines intra-organizational change within the Austrian Ministry of Agriculture in a longitudinal case study covering a period of three decades, which allows us to study short-term and long term-effects of administrative reforms. Whereas existing research mainly uses single-factor explanations for inter- and intra-organizational change, this article emphasizes the interplay of various drivers of organizational change within government organizations. In analytical terms, we draw on the multiple streams framework to study intra-organizational decision-making which is embedded in government-wide administrative reform policies. We find that reform leads to intra-organizational change when a political entrepreneur is able to couple solutions and problems in a decision window, which may happen decades after the initial reform attempts, underscoring that short-term reform failure may turn into success in a long-term perspective.
Keywords
- Europeanization, ministerial administration, multiple streams approach, reform implementation, organizational change
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Social Sciences(all)
- Sociology and Political Science
- Social Sciences(all)
- Public Administration
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