Public management information systems: theory and prescription
Public Administration Review - Special issue: public management information systems
Information Systems Outsourcing Decision Making: A Managerial Approach
Information Systems Outsourcing Decision Making: A Managerial Approach
SAICSIT '10 Proceedings of the 2010 Annual Research Conference of the South African Institute of Computer Scientists and Information Technologists
Determinants of relationship quality for IS/IT outsourcing success in public sector
Information Systems Frontiers
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Public management philosophies and practices around the world have undergone dramatic reshaping over the last two decades. Political courses on privatization and the wide-scope adoption of information technologies are, undoubtedly, among the most influential factors behind these changes. Scholarly literature devoted to outsourcing of public IT to private vendors, a phenomenon lying at the intersection of the two abovementioned strong trends, is the focus of this paper. Research of IT outsourcing issues specific to the governmental agencies is represented by few geographically and disciplinary dispersed academic publications. We expect many issues to be shared by public organizations around the world, at least within countries with similar political systems; however, governments employ different mechanisms for funding and control; the scope of restrictions and provision of guidelines vary from country to country. The proposed study reviews a diverse international set of publications in management, IS and public policy fields, while accounting for contextual differences and recognizing the limitations for generalizability. The findings are summarized into two categories -- common identified reasons for public IT outsourcing, and issues and concerns about IT outsourcing that are distinct or significantly different for the public sector.