Browsing AURA by Author "Geys, Benny"

Cooperation is no Panacea : Inter-municipal Cooperation, Service Delivery, and the Optimum Scale of Operation. A Study of how Cooperation Affects Performance in Local Service Delivery

Blåka, Sara (Doctoral dissertations at University of Agder; no. 367, Doctoral thesis, 2022)

Inter-municipal cooperation (IMC) is one of the most widely-used organizational alternatives in local governments’ attempts to adapt to ever-increasing demands for high quality and cost-efficient services. Although IMC is ...

How pre- and post-recruitment factors shape role perceptions of European Commission officials

Trondal, Jarle; Murdoch, Zuzana; Geys, Benny (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)

Identity, threat aversion, and civil servants’ policy preferences: Evidence from the European Parliament

Kuehnhanss, Colin; Murdoch, Zuzana; Geys, Benny; Heyndels, Bruno (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)

Institutional dynamics in international organizations : lessons from the recruitment procedures of the European External Action Service

Murdoch, Zuzana; Geys, Benny (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)

This article examines how organizational designs develop by proposing a novel theoretical framework that views organizational change as resulting from a dialectic process between interpretive agents. The key claim is that ...