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A change management perspective on public sector cutback management: towards a framework for analysis

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  • Eduard Schmidt
  • Sandra Groeneveld
  • Steven Van de Walle

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The financial crisis forces public managers to implement cutbacks within their organization. We argue that adopting a change management perspective contributes to our understanding of cutback management by adding a focus on managerial behaviour regarding cutback-related organizational changes. Relying on change management literature, this paper develops a framework for the analysis of cutback management connecting the context, content, process, outcomes and leadership of cutback-related change. From this it follows that managers can be positioned at the intersection of various imperatives, both externally and internally, such as their political leaders and their own subordinates. A research agenda is proposed.

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  • Eduard Schmidt & Sandra Groeneveld & Steven Van de Walle, 2017. "A change management perspective on public sector cutback management: towards a framework for analysis," Public Management Review, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 19(10), pages 1538-1555, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rpxmxx:v:19:y:2017:i:10:p:1538-1555
    DOI: 10.1080/14719037.2017.1296488
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    1. Nawal Abdalla Adam, 2022. "Employees’ Innovative Work Behavior and Change Management Phases in Government Institutions: The Mediating Role of Knowledge Sharing," Administrative Sciences, MDPI, vol. 12(1), pages 1-15, February.
    2. James Wan & Ling Wang & Raafat Saade & Hong Guan & Hao Liu, 2022. "Empirical Analysis of Strategic Management in Inter-Governmental Organization," Administrative Sciences, MDPI, vol. 12(3), pages 1-26, July.
    3. Worku Lemlemu Ferede & Yalew Endawoke & Gedif Tessema, 2024. "Change management through strategic leadership: the mediating effect of knowledge management in public organizations, Ethiopia," Future Business Journal, Springer, vol. 10(1), pages 1-17, December.

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