RCL: Modernization of Public Governance in Lithuania: historical institutional analysis of the diffusion, adaptation contextualization of management ideas

The project aims to better understand how and why modern management ideas travel, are selected, and are contextualized in Lithuanian government institutions. Empirical research is based on the narrative analysis of changes of institutional logic, with particular emphasis on the interplay between soviet nomenclatura, post-soviet and continental Europe administrative traditions. It is expected that project results will help to better understand the peculiarities of implementing changes in the public sector organizations in Eastern European context. This knowledge can be translated into recommendations for practitioners, managers and leaders of public sector organizations who are willing to change.