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Government.com? Multifunctional cabinet portfolio analysis of 201 national governments

Government.com? Multifunctional cabinet portfolio analysis of 201 national governments The purpose of this paper is to examine how much value national governments worldwide place on political, economic, scientific, artistic, religious, legal, sportive, health-related, educational and mass media-related issues. This knowledge is critical as governments and policies are typically expected to be congruent with the importance these issues have for society.Design/methodology/approachDrawing on theories of polyphonic and multifunctional organization, the authors recoded and analyzed a US Central Intelligence Agency directory to test the cabinet portfolio of a total of 201 national governments for significant biases to the above issues.FindingsThe results suggest that governments worldwide massively over-allocate their attention to economic issues.Originality/valueThe authors conclude that this strong pro-economic governance-bias likely translates into dysfunctional governance and development at both the national and supra-national level. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Organizational Change Management Emerald Publishing

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Publisher
Emerald Publishing
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© Emerald Publishing Limited
ISSN
0953-4814
DOI
10.1108/jocm-10-2018-0290
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Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to examine how much value national governments worldwide place on political, economic, scientific, artistic, religious, legal, sportive, health-related, educational and mass media-related issues. This knowledge is critical as governments and policies are typically expected to be congruent with the importance these issues have for society.Design/methodology/approachDrawing on theories of polyphonic and multifunctional organization, the authors recoded and analyzed a US Central Intelligence Agency directory to test the cabinet portfolio of a total of 201 national governments for significant biases to the above issues.FindingsThe results suggest that governments worldwide massively over-allocate their attention to economic issues.Originality/valueThe authors conclude that this strong pro-economic governance-bias likely translates into dysfunctional governance and development at both the national and supra-national level.

Journal

Journal of Organizational Change ManagementEmerald Publishing

Published: Oct 30, 2019

Keywords: Social systems; Functional differentiation; Cabinet portfolios; Governments; Polyphonic organization

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