Leading Research Output in the Institute of Public Management (IVM)

Quality in teaching and research is a top priority at the SML. Publications in designated journals are an important effect of all these efforts. On this page we present a selection of recent relevant publications by SML faculty in journals that are among the best in their category in the ABDC and FT50 journal rankings.

Institute of Public Management (IVM)

Ege, Jörn; Gofen,Anat; Hadorn,Susanne; Hakman,Inbal; Malandrino,Anna; Ramseier,Leroy; Sager,Fritz,

2024.

Understanding street-level managers’ compliance : a comparative study of policy implementation in Switzerland, Italy, Germany, and Israel.

Policy and Society.

43(3), pp. 317-333.

Available from: https://doi.org/10.1093/polsoc/puae024
Hegele, Yvonne; Karakaçi, Valbona; Lang, Achim; Mushani, Arberesha,

2024.

Compliance with national standards of decentralized public services : the case of preschool services in Albania.

Public Administration and Development.

44(2), pp. 75-90.

Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/pad.2037
Neumann, Oliver; Guirguis, Katharina; Steiner, Reto,

2024.

Exploring artificial intelligence adoption in public organizations : a comparative case study.

Public Management Review.

26(1), pp. 114-141.

Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/14719037.2022.2048685
Thomann, Eva; Maxia, James; Ege, Jörn,

2023.

How street‐level dilemmas and politics shape divergence : the accountability regimes framework.

Policy Studies Journal.

51(4), pp. 793-816.

Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/psj.12504
Thomann, Eva; Ege, Jörn; Paustyan, Ekaterina,

2022.

Approaches to qualitative comparative analysis and good practices : a systematic review.

Swiss Political Science Review.

28(3), pp. 557-580.

Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/spsr.12503
Schmidli, Fabienne Helen; Pleger, Lyn Ellen; Hadorn, Susanne,

2022.

Don’t you forget about me : independence of evaluations from the perspective of US evaluation clients – an exploratory study.

Evaluation.

29(1), pp. 110-132.

Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/13563890221138876
Bütler, Monika; Ramsden, Alma,

2022.

How taxes impact the choice between an annuity and the lump sum at retirement.

Journal of Pension Economics & Finance.

23(1), pp. 1-29.

Available from: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1474747222000178
Pleger, Lyn E.; Guirguis, Katharina; Mertes, Alexander,

2021.

Making public concerns tangible : an empirical study of German and UK citizens’ perception of data protection and data security.

Computers in Human Behavior.

122(106830).

Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2021.106830
Hegele, Yvonne; Schnabel, Johanna,

2021.

Federalism and the management of the COVID-19 crisis : centralisation, decentralisation and (non-)coordination.

West European Politics.

44(5-6), pp. 1052-1076.

Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/01402382.2021.1873529
Ege, Jörn; Bauer, Michael W.; Bayerlein, Louisa; Eckhard, Steffen; Knill, Christoph,

2021.

Avoiding disciplinary garbage cans : a pledge for a problem-driven approach to researching international public administration.

Journal of European Public Policy.

29(7), pp. 1169-1181.

Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/13501763.2021.1906300
Ege, Jörn; Bauer, Michael W.; Wagner, Nora,

2021.

How do international bureaucrats affect policy outputs? : studying administrative influence strategies in international organizations.

International Review of Administrative Sciences.

87(4), pp. 737-754.

Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/00208523211000109
Hegele, Yvonne,

2020.

The impact of department structure on policy-making : how portfolio combinations affect interdepartmental coordination.

Public Policy and Administration.

Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/0952076720914361
Lang, Achim; Brüesch, Caroline,

2019.

Collaborative governance in program Implementation : the development of e-relocation notification in the Swiss canton of Zurich.

International Journal of Public Administration.

43(12), pp. 1083-1095.

Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/01900692.2019.1665681
Bergmann, Andreas; Fuchs, Sandro; Schuler, Christoph,

2019.

A theoretical basis for public sector accrual accounting research : current state and perspectives.

Public Money & Management.

39(8), pp. 560-570.

Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/09540962.2019.1654319
Schott, Carina; Neumann, Oliver; Bärtschi, Muriel; Ritz, Adrian,

2019.

Public service motivation, prosocial motivation and altruism : towards disentanglement and conceptual clarity.

International Journal of Public Administration.

Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/01900692.2019.1588302
Ege, Jörn,

2019.

Learning from the commission case : the comparative study of management change in international public administrations.

Public Administration.

97(2), pp. 384-398.

Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/padm.12546

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