Journal of Organizational Change Management (Journal)

Description

Special issue "Organizational Change and Public Sector Work" Thoughtful assessment is required to achieve a better understanding about NPM reform and its consequences. Of particular interest to organisational change researchers is the role managers as leaders take as agents of change (Fernandez & Rainey, 2006), developing better theoretical understandings of public sector management and governance of change, and formulating practical, evidence-based principles for implementing change (Cunningham & Kempling, 2009; Azzone et al., 2011). As yet though the literature in these areas remains relatively under-developed. Kickert (2010) points to a literature review about organisational change in the public sector by Fernandez and Rainey (2006) as an example that includes few references investigating public sector organisations. As Kickert (2010:490) notes, change management literature is more focused on the private sector and little attention is paid to the way in which public employees react to change. Furthermore, a recent literature review on change management in the public sector of Kuipers et al. (forthcoming) argue that there is a gap in the literature on change management specifically using the public administration perspective (see also Vann, 2004; Tummers, 2013). The main aim of this special issue is therefore to encourage the development of new theoretical and practical insights about managing change in the public sector.

Period	2014
Type of journal	Journal