TY - JOUR
T1 - The commercialization of the Australian public service and the accountability of government : a question of boundaries
AU - DIXON, John
AU - KOUZMIN, Alexander
AU - KORAC-KAKABADSE, Nada
PY - 1996/1/1
Y1 - 1996/1/1
N2 - States the Australian Public Service (APS) has been engaged in a comprehensive reform process for more than 20 years. A significant dimension of this reform process has been commercialization. With this growing commercialization, the relationship between civil servants, as APS managers, and their ministers has changed. Explores the accountability implications of the commercialization of the APS in the context of the recasting of the accountability responsibilities of civil servants associated with the demise, in Australia, of Westminster accountability conventions.
AB - States the Australian Public Service (APS) has been engaged in a comprehensive reform process for more than 20 years. A significant dimension of this reform process has been commercialization. With this growing commercialization, the relationship between civil servants, as APS managers, and their ministers has changed. Explores the accountability implications of the commercialization of the APS in the context of the recasting of the accountability responsibilities of civil servants associated with the demise, in Australia, of Westminster accountability conventions.
KW - Accountability
KW - Australia
KW - Privatization
KW - Public administration
KW - Public sector
UR - http://commons.ln.edu.hk/sw_master/6965
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0030432431&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1108/09513559610146320
DO - 10.1108/09513559610146320
M3 - Journal Article (refereed)
SN - 0951-3558
VL - 9
SP - 23
EP - 36
JO - International Journal of Public Sector Management
JF - International Journal of Public Sector Management
IS - 5-6
ER -