An article by Mary Dixon-Woods and colleagues has been published in Annals of Family Medicine, a major US medical journal. This article is based on Mary Dixon-Woods’ PSP Fellowship… read more
Abstract: This paper uses a unique data set to investigate the link between the pay and performance of school principals. It is frequently argued that public sector CEOs are… read more
Abstract: Despite the growing popularity of the vignette methodology to deal with self-reported, categorical data, the formal evaluation of the validity of this methodology is still a topic of… read more
Abstract: This paper explores the use of anchoring vignettes as a means to adjust survey reports of health system performance for differential reporting behaviour using data contained within the… read more
A policy briefing paper “Managing by Numbers: the Way to Make Public Services Better?” by Christopher Hood, Ruth Dixon and Deborah Wilson has been published by the ESRC Public… read more
Abstract The fundamental aim of public services is to improve the quality of life of citizens. The main objective of this study was to investigate the influence of public… read more
Abstract The fundamental aim of public services is to improve the quality of life of citizens. The main objective of this study was to investigate the influence of public… read more
Abstract In a setting where performance measurement is used by external bodies to centrally monitor and regulate the operations of organisations, as in English public services, the use of… read more
Abstract Within the everyday work of child welfare services, concern about potential culpability for preventable harm to children known to services is a pre-occupation for practitioners and managers. The… read more
Introduction This paper moves forward with the statistical analysis presented in an earlier publication on the relationship between judicial review and the quality of services delivered by local authorities… read more