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Coming to Terms with Termination of Public Organizations

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  • Sanneke Kuipers

    (Leiden University’s Institute of Public Administration)

  • Kutsal Yesilkagit

    (Leiden University’s Institute of Public Administration)

  • Brendan Carroll

    (Leiden University’s Institute of Public Administration)

Abstract

Why do some public organizations survive and others do not? The bureaucratic retrenchment efforts since the 1980s showed public administration scholars that the structure of the state has its own demography. Yet studies on the survival of public organizations tested different hypotheses using different methods and definitions. This review article reflects on the consequences of different takes on termination, it compares and reports on the main findings thus far and argues that we should study organizational survival focusing on transitions to build on existing empirical work.

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  • Sanneke Kuipers & Kutsal Yesilkagit & Brendan Carroll, 2018. "Coming to Terms with Termination of Public Organizations," Public Organization Review, Springer, vol. 18(2), pages 263-278, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:porgrv:v:18:y:2018:i:2:d:10.1007_s11115-017-0376-4
    DOI: 10.1007/s11115-017-0376-4
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