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Public Service Reforms in a Small Island State

The Case of Malta

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Authors:
  1. Frank Bezzina

    1. Faculty of Economics, Management and Accountancy, University of Malta, Msida, Malta

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  2. Emanuel Camilleri

    1. Faculty of Economics, Management and Accountancy, University of Malta, Msida, Malta

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  3. Vincent Marmarà

    1. Faculty of Economics, Management and Accountancy, University of Malta, Msida, Malta

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  • Critically examines and documents public service reforms in Malta
  • Discusses the historical background of public administration in Malta
  • Provides a snapshot of the impact of reforms on public service employees and individual citizens

Part of the book series: Public Administration, Governance and Globalization (PAGG, volume 22)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxxv
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  3. Part II

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 87-89
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    2. Transparency and Accountability Public Service Reforms

      • Frank Bezzina, Emanuel Camilleri, Vincent Marmarà
      Pages 91-104
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    3. Civil Service Systems and HRM Public Service Reforms

      • Frank Bezzina, Emanuel Camilleri, Vincent Marmarà
      Pages 105-124
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    4. Service Delivery and Digitalisation Reforms

      • Frank Bezzina, Emanuel Camilleri, Vincent Marmarà
      Pages 125-139
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    5. Organisation and Management Government Reforms

      • Frank Bezzina, Emanuel Camilleri, Vincent Marmarà
      Pages 141-158
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    6. Policy Making, Coordination and Implementation Government Reforms

      • Frank Bezzina, Emanuel Camilleri, Vincent Marmarà
      Pages 159-176
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  4. Part III

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 177-178
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    2. Organisational Impact of Public Service Reforms: Assessing the Internal Impact

      • Frank Bezzina, Emanuel Camilleri, Vincent Marmarà
      Pages 179-193
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    3. Societal Impact of Public Service Reforms

      • Frank Bezzina, Emanuel Camilleri, Vincent Marmarà
      Pages 195-209
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    4. Fair Deals in the Maltese Public Service: Linking Psychological Contract Breach to Attitudinal Outcomes

      • Frank Bezzina, Emanuel Camilleri, Vincent Marmarà
      Pages 211-233
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    5. Societal Impact of Public Service Reforms: Cross-Sectional Surveys and the Media

      • Frank Bezzina, Emanuel Camilleri, Vincent Marmarà
      Pages 235-282
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  5. Part IV

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 283-284
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    2. Public Service Reform: The Future (A New Beginning)

      • Frank Bezzina, Emanuel Camilleri, Vincent Marmarà
      Pages 285-323
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  6. Back Matter

    Pages 325-328
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About this book

This book provides a detailed examination of public service reforms in Malta. Focusing on both the trajectory and substance of the reforms, the volume provides a holistic treatment of the public sector in the European Union’s smallest member state. The book is divided into four parts.

Part I covers the historical background of public service administration and management in Malta from the 1500s to the 2010s. Part II focuses on recent reforms, begun in 2013, after the election of Prime Minister Joseph Muscat. Each chapter in this part addresses a particular reform theme: transparency and accountability; civil service systems and HR management; service delivery and digitalisation; organisation and management of government reforms; policy making, coordination, and implementation. Part III investigates the internal and external impact of the reforms, reporting and analyzing the results of a survey carried out among government employees and the Maltese population. The book concludes with a chapter on global reform trends that are likely to impact public service delivery in the future.

Providing an in-depth view of public service in a small island state, this volume will be useful to researchers and students interested in public sector management, administration, and public policy as well as practitioners, consultants, and government employees.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Faculty of Economics, Management and Accountancy, University of Malta, Msida, Malta

    Frank Bezzina, Emanuel Camilleri, Vincent Marmarà

About the authors

Frank Bezzina is Dean of the Faculty of Economics, Management and Accountancy (FEMA) and Head of the Department of Management at the University of Malta. He teaches management science & decision modelling, research methodology and evidence-based management. His research mainly focuses on investigating phenomena in the organizational sciences. He has various published papers on statistical/methodological misconceptions, HRM, risk management and corporate governance.

Emanuel Camilleri is the retired Director General (Strategy and Operations Support) at the Ministry of Finance, the Economy and Investment, Government of Malta. He has a DBA from Maastricht School of Management, The Netherlands. He is a certified accountant, a Chartered Engineer (British Engineering Council), European Engineer (FEANI, Paris), and member of ICT and Accounting professional bodies in the UK and Australia. He has represented Malta on a number of international bodies and is a visiting senior lecturer at the Faculty of Economics, Management and Accountancy (FEMA), University of Malta.  

Vincent Marmarà is a statistician and researcher. He obtained his PhD in mathematics (statistics) from the University of Stirling, Scotland. He lectures on topics in statistics and mathematics at the Department of Management (FEMA) at the University of Malta. He is a fellow member (FRSS) of the Royal Statistical Society (UK) and has provided research consultancy services to various organisations.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Public Service Reforms in a Small Island State

  • Book Subtitle: The Case of Malta

  • Authors: Frank Bezzina, Emanuel Camilleri, Vincent Marmarà

  • Series Title: Public Administration, Governance and Globalization

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-74357-4

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-74356-7Published: 31 July 2021

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-74359-8Published: 31 July 2022

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-74357-4Published: 30 July 2021

  • Series ISSN: 2512-2347

  • Series E-ISSN: 2512-2363

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXXV, 328

  • Number of Illustrations: 88 b/w illustrations, 20 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Public Administration, Public Policy, Governance and Government

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