SYMPOSIUM ON CHANGING MODES OF GOVERNANCE IN PUBLIC SECTOR ORGANIZATIONS: ACTION AND RHETORIC

To purchase or authenticate to the full-text of this article, please visit this link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9299.2007.00630.x Byline: MIKE DENT (1), NICOLETTE VAN GESTEL (2), CHRISTINE TEELKEN (2) Abstract: This symposium grew out of the sub-theme, 'New Modes of Governance in Public Sector Organizations', of the European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS) Conference held in Ljubljana in July 2004. Our aim was to provide a forum to discuss the policy and practice and the space between in public sector management and governance within Europe. Author Affiliation: (1)Mike Dent is Professor of Health Care Organisation in the Faculty of Health and Sciences, Staffordshire University. (2)Nicolette Van Gestel and Christine Teelken are in the Nijmegen School of Management, Radboud University, Nijmegen.