Did Public Organizations in Saudi Arabia Increase Openness When They Implemented New Public Management (NPM)?

Author

Bader AlabdulkarimFollow

Date of Award

12-2020

Degree Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy

Major

Political Science

Major Professor

Patricia K. Freeland

Committee Members

David H. Folz, David J. Houston, Khalid Alshibli

Abstract

This dissertation investigates the impact of new public management (NPM) on Saudi ministries’ openness. The study sample is three Saudi ministries: the Housing Ministry, the Health Ministry, and the Ministry of Commerce. Moreover, this study creates the NPM Index to measure the ministries’ NPM implementations. Furthermore, this research uses the Public Participation Spectrum (SSP) to measure openness. This dissertation collects data from the sample's annual reports for 2017, and the main finding is that implementing NPM did not increase ministries’ openness. The ministries showed different NPM implementations levels with the same level of openness.

Recommended Citation

Alabdulkarim, Bader, "Did Public Organizations in Saudi Arabia Increase Openness When They Implemented New Public Management (NPM)?. " PhD diss., University of Tennessee, 2020.
https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_graddiss/6056