Public Management Reform in Italy

Hinna, Alessandro; Ceschel, Federico

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-43799-2_4

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“…In particular, this study aims to delve deeply into the mayor's role in determining online SD practices in the Italian LGs' context. Italy represents a pertinent socio‐political context to analyse as, in last decades, it has been significantly affected by an outstanding reform process based on New Public Management (NPM) pillars intended to lessen the State‐centric bureaucratic burden and improve the effectiveness and efficiency of public sector services as well as the accountability level (Hinna & Ceschel, 2021; Manes‐Rossi et al, 2016). In addition, in Western European nations such as Italy, the mayor is the head of the executive branch as well as the political leader of the majority coalition chosen by residents (de Araujo & Tejedo‐Romero, 2018).…”

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Exploring the antecedents of local governments' sustainability disclosure: The role of the mayor

Nicolò,

L'Abate,

Raimo

et al. 2024

Journal of Public Affairs

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This work aims to enhance the understanding of Local Governments (LGs)’ sustainability disclosure (SD) practices through their official websites. The ultimate goal of this study is to assess the extent to which certain mayor's personal traits are likely to influence the level of online sustainability information provided by LGs. To this end, a manual content analysis was performed on the official websites of the Italian LGs with more than 40,000 inhabitants to assess the level of SD. A multivariate regression analysis was estimated to examine the extent to which mayors' gender, political ideology, age and education influence the level of sustainability information provided by LGs through websites. Empirical results highlight the crucial role that certain characteristics of LGs' mayor profiles exert on the level of SD. The present work offers an important contribution to the existing literature, as it extends the knowledge of SD practices in an underexplored context, like the LGs and the impact of the mayor's profile on SD levels in LGs.

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Exploring the antecedents of local governments' sustainability disclosure: The role of the mayor

Nicolò,

L'Abate,

Raimo

et al. 2024

Journal of Public Affairs

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“…Similarly to other countries, in Italy NPM has also significantly influenced public administration reform since the late 1990s (Deidda Gagliardo and Saporito, 2021;Hinna and Ceschel, 2021;Reginato et al, 2010). In particular, the legislative obligation to implement a management control system in public organizations with an internal auditor was introduced in 2000 (Legislative decree 267/2000).…”

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New public management evolving agenda: risk management in Italian municipalities

Castellini,

Ferrario,

Riso

2024

IJPSM

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PurposeSince the 1980s, New public management has fostered the introduction of managerial approaches similar to those of the private sector in public administrations. Recently, the advantages of performing risk management in the public sector have been recognized; however, to the best of our knowledge, research on risk management in public administrations is underdeveloped, and there is a need to understand how risk management is performed. This paper addresses these issues and investigates whether and how risk management is performed in Italian public administration.Design/methodology/approachThis study focused on a sample of 503 Italian municipalities and used a mixed research method. Through a qualitative content analysis of documents published on municipalities’ websites, data and information were collected and elaborated using quantitative indicators.FindingsThe main results are that a high percentage of large Italian municipalities perform risk management and comply with theoretical provisions on risk management, sometimes displaying isomorphic behavior in risk management practices.Originality/valueThis study provides a new perspective on risk management in Italian municipalities, contributes to filling a gap in the literature and suggests a theoretical perspective on municipalities’ approaches when introducing new managerial practices.

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Does the mayor’s profile influence intellectual capital disclosure? Empirical evidence from Italian local governments

Raimo,

L’Abate,

Nicolò

et al. 2024

Knowledge Management Research & Practice

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Public Management Reform in Italy

Cited by 5 publications

References 28 publications

Exploring the antecedents of local governments' sustainability disclosure: The role of the mayor

Exploring the antecedents of local governments' sustainability disclosure: The role of the mayor

New public management evolving agenda: risk management in Italian municipalities

Does the mayor’s profile influence intellectual capital disclosure? Empirical evidence from Italian local governments

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