Searching for managerial discretion: How public managers engage managerialism as a rationalization for increased latitude of action Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, refereegranskad Författare Tom Karlsson | Förvaltningshögskolan Publikationsår 2019 Publicerad i Public Management Review, 21 (3), 315-333
This article focuses on the managerial discretion that public managers experience. More specifically, it discusses how managerialism is an embedded ideological stance that influences understandings of public sector governance. I argue that managers’ perceptions of discretion are affected by these understandings. The analysis draws on empirical data from a longitudinal study, demonstrating how public managers engage discourses emanating from managerialism in order to rationalize increased discretion. The findings suggest that customer perspectives functions as a rationalizing factor for engaging public managers’ transition towards increased discretion. As such, this article contributes to knowledge about managerial discretion as well as managerialism.Länkar