An integrative literature review and empirical validation of motives for introducing shared services in government organizations

International Journal of Information Management

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 110-123

  Paagman, Arnaud ^a   Tate, Mary ^b   Furtmueller, Elfi ^c   De Bloom, Jessica ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^d TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cost reduction; Government; Public sector; Shared services definition; Shared services motives

Indexed keywords

COST REDUCTION; MOTIVATION; PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS; PUBLIC POLICY;

BUSINESS MANAGEMENT; EMPIRICAL VALIDATION; GOVERNMENT; GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS; LITERATURE REVIEWS; PUBLIC SECTOR; RESEARCH FRAMEWORKS; SHARED SERVICE;

SERVICE INDUSTRY;

EID: 84910620224     PISSN: 02684012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2014.10.006     Document Type: Article

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