Working across boundaries: Collegial administration in central government – scope, variation and effects
Year: 2010
Type: report
Abstract: In this paper we address the problems of working across boundaries in central government by focusing on the case of Norway. The main research questions are: a) How common is the use of working or project groups inside the ministries, across ministries, and between ministries and central agencies? b) What changes have there been over time in the use of such cross-border collegial bodies? c) To what extent does participation in cross-boundary activities vary according to individual and organizational features? d) What is the relationship between participation in working and project groups and attitudes towards coordination? The main theoretical approach to explain variation in collegial participation and its effects will be a structural/instrumental perspective and a demographic perspective. We apply a multi-level analysis examining the effects of both individual features and organizational features of the ministries as a whole.
Language: English
Subfield: Public Administration
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1130133224