Challenging Scandinavian employment relations: The effects of new public management reforms
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Challenging Scandinavian employment relations : The effects of new public management reforms. / Ibsen, Christian Lyhne; Larsen, Trine Pernille; Madsen, Jørgen Steen; Due, Jesper Jørgen.
In: International Journal of Human Resource Management, Vol. 22, No. 11, 2011, p. 2295–2310.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Challenging Scandinavian employment relations
T2 - The effects of new public management reforms
AU - Ibsen, Christian Lyhne
AU - Larsen, Trine Pernille
AU - Madsen, Jørgen Steen
AU - Due, Jesper Jørgen
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - Building on the convergence/divergence approach, this paper examines whether recent new public management (NPM) inspired reforms entailing inter alia cutbacks in the public sector, marketisation and management by performance measures have had significant implications for service provision and employment relations in the Danish, Norwegian and Swedish public sector. In this paper, we argue that although differences exist across the Scandinavian countries, it is evident that they have managed to adopt and implement NPM-inspired reforms without dismantling their universal welfare services and strong traditions of collective bargaining in the public sector. However, this restructuring is taking its toll on the work environment.
AB - Building on the convergence/divergence approach, this paper examines whether recent new public management (NPM) inspired reforms entailing inter alia cutbacks in the public sector, marketisation and management by performance measures have had significant implications for service provision and employment relations in the Danish, Norwegian and Swedish public sector. In this paper, we argue that although differences exist across the Scandinavian countries, it is evident that they have managed to adopt and implement NPM-inspired reforms without dismantling their universal welfare services and strong traditions of collective bargaining in the public sector. However, this restructuring is taking its toll on the work environment.
U2 - 10.1080/09585192.2011.584392
DO - 10.1080/09585192.2011.584392
M3 - Journal article
VL - 22
SP - 2295
EP - 2310
JO - International Journal of Human Resource Management
JF - International Journal of Human Resource Management
SN - 0958-5192
IS - 11
ER -
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