State of research on public service management: Identifying scientific gaps from a bibliometric study

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Highlights:

• ⿢This paper presents the state of research and main trends in public service management through a bibliometric analysis.⿢It identifies scientific gaps that can promote and guide new studies on improving the existing theory or proposing innovative models.⿢The most common topics in major articles about public service management between 2004 and 2014 are identified.

摘要

⿢This paper presents the state of research and main trends in public service management through a bibliometric analysis.⿢It identifies scientific gaps that can promote and guide new studies on improving the existing theory or proposing innovative models.⿢The most common topics in major articles about public service management between 2004 and 2014 are identified.

论文关键词:Public service management,Bibliometric study,State of research,Scientific gap

论文评审过程:Received 8 January 2016, Accepted 8 July 2016, Available online 16 July 2016, Version of Record 16 July 2016.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2016.07.003