New Public Management, Public Service Bargains and the Challenges of Interdepartmental Coordination. A Comparative Analysis of Top Civil Servants in State Administration KU Leuven
In this article we are interested in how the coordinating role of top civil servants is related to the argument that country level differences in the adoption of NPM significantly alter the PSBs of top civil servants and consequently their capacity to accomplish interdepartmental coordination. A managerial PSB limits top civil servants’ role in interdepartmental coordination, as their focus will be on achieving goals set for their specific ...