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Principal & Vice-Chancellor
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- boyne@abdn.ac.uk
- Telephone Number
- +44 (0)1224 272135
- Telephone Number
- +44 (0)1224 272134
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Biography
Professor George Boyne became Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Aberdeen on 1 August 2018.
Professor Boyne led the creation of the University’s Aberdeen 2040 strategy which was launched in February 2020 to mark the 525th anniversary of the foundation of Kings College in Old Aberdeen. Aberdeen 2040, which builds directly on the university’s foundational purpose to be open to all and dedicated to the pursuit of truth in the service of others, won the Higher Education Strategic Planners Association award for University strategy of the year in 2021.
Professor Boyne is Chair of the University Senate, a member of the University Court and a member of the Board of the University’s Development Trust. His external roles include Chair of Universities and Colleges Employers Association (UCEA), Convenor of Universities Scotland Funding Policy Group, member of the Board of Opportunity North East, and member of the Aberdeen City Deal Joint Committee.
Professor Boyne has published extensively on the performance of public sector organisations and has been a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences since 2010.
Principal's Office Contacts
Julia Garrow - Personal Assistant to Principal and Vice-Chancellor
- Tel: +44 (0)1224 272135
- Email: PrincipalPA@abdn.ac.uk
Fiona Beedie - Admin Assistant (8.30am to 1.45pm)
- Tel: +44 (0)1224 272134
- Email: fiona.beedie@abdn.ac.uk
J Ross Anderson - Governance & Executive Support Officer
- Tel: +44 (0)1224 273881
- Email: ross.anderson@abdn.ac.uk
Latest Publications
What Explains Agency Heads’ Length of Tenure? Testing Managerial Background, Performance, and Political Environment Effects
Public Administration Review, vol. 77, no. 4, pp. 591-602Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/puar.12735
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When Bureaucracy Matters for Organizational Performance: Exploring the Benefits of Administrative Intensity in Big and Complex Organizations
Public Administration, vol. 95, no. 1, pp. 115-139Contributions to Journals: ArticlesPublic sector motivation ad fonts: Personality traits as antecedents of the motivation to serve the public interest
Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, vol. 27, no. 1, pp. 20-35Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/jopart/muw027
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The Politics of Agency Death: Ministers and the Survival of Government Agencies in a Parliamentary System
British Journal of Political Science, vol. 46, no. 4, pp. 763-784Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007123414000477
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Prosocial Behavior and Public Service Motivation
Public Administration Review, vol. 76, no. 1, pp. 177-187Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/puar.12480
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- Research
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Funding and Grants
Housing Grant Policies: An Evaluation (1988-89, £21,000 Welsh Office, with A.Millington).
Local Government in Wales: Its Role and Functions (1990-91, £15,500, Joseph Rowntree Foundation).
Local Government Reform in Scotland and Wales (1993-94, £45,000, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, with Grant Jordan, University of Aberdeen).
Spatial Equity and Local Government Finance: Who Gets What Where? (1995-97, £26,500, Leverhulme Trust, with Martin Powell, University of Bath).
Best Value in Welsh Local Government (1998-2000, £153,333, Welsh Office, with Richard Walker, Cardiff University, and Jennifer Law, University of Glamorgan).
Devolution and Regulation: Political Control of Public Bodies in Scotland and Wales (1999-2000, £44,000, ESRC, with Arthur Midwinter, University of Strathclyde, and Richard Walker, Cardiff University).
Strategy and Performance in Local Government (2001-2004, £163,893, ESRC, with Richard Walker, Cardiff University, and Jennifer Law, University of Glamorgan).
Long Term Evaluation of the Impact of Best Value (2001-2005, £1.1 million, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, with Steve Martin and Richard Walker, Cardiff University).
AIM Public Services Research Fellowship on Organizational Turnaround (2003-4 ESRC, £127k.)
Evaluation of Local Public Service Agreements (2003-7, £1.2 million, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister; with the Office of Public Management).
Designing Outcome Measures For The Second Generation of Local Public Service Agreements (2004-6, £97k, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, with J.Law, University of Glamorgan).
Leadership Change and Public Services: Reinvigorating Performance or Reinforcing Decline? (2006-2008, £253k, ESRC, with P. John, Manchester, and O. James, Exeter)
Local Authority Size and Performance (2006-7, £56k, Department for Communities and Local Government, with R. Andrews, Cardiff University).
How Public Management Matters: Strategy, Networking and Local Service Performance (2006-2010, £750k, ESRC, with R. Walker, Hong Kong University, K. Meier, Texas A&M University, and L. O’Toole, University of Georgia).
Local Authority Form and Function: An Evaluation of the Impact of Structural Change (2008-2013, £820k, Department for Communities and Local Government; with the Office of Public Management and Price Waterhouse Coopers).
Chief Executive Succession and the Performance of Central Government Agencies (2010-2014, £216k, ESRC, with Oliver James, Exeter, and Nico Petrovsky, Kentucky).
- Publications
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Democracy and government performance: Holding incumbents accountable in english local governments
Journal of Politics, vol. 71, no. 4, pp. 1273-1284Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022381609990089
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Environmental change, human resources and organizational turnaround
Journal of Management Studies, vol. 46, no. 5, pp. 835-863Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6486.2008.00813.x
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The use of multiple informants in public administration research: Data aggregation using organizational echelons
Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, vol. 19, no. 2, pp. 229-253Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/jopart/mun017
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Centralization, organizational strategy, and public service performance
Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, vol. 19, no. 1, pp. 57-80Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/jopart/mum039
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Environmental turbulence, organizational stability, and public service performance
Administration and Society, vol. 40, no. 8, pp. 799-824Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0095399708326333
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Escape from the iron cage? Organizational change and isomorphic pressures in the public sector
Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, vol. 19, no. 1, pp. 165-187Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/jopart/mum038
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Introduction: Determinants of performance in public organizations
Public Administration, vol. 87, no. 3, pp. 433-439Contributions to Journals: Editorials- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9299.2009.01774.x
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Size, structure and administrative overheads: An empirical analysis of english local authorities
Urban Studies, vol. 46, no. 4, pp. 739-759Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0042098009102127
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Strategy formulation, strategy content and performance: An empirical analysis
Public Management Review, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 1-22Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/14719030802489989
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Executive succession in English local government
Public Money and Management, vol. 28, no. 5, pp. 267-274Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9302.2008.00655.x
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Organizational environments and public-service failure: An empirical analysis
Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, vol. 26, no. 4, pp. 788-807Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1068/c69m
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Performance targets and public service improvement
Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, vol. 17, no. 3, pp. 455-477Contributions to Journals: Review articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/jopart/mul007
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Strategic management and the performance of public organizations: Testing venerable ideas against recent theories
Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, vol. 17, no. 3, pp. 357-377Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/jopart/mul017
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Reconstructing empirical public administration: Lutonism or scientific realism?
Administration and Society, vol. 40, no. 3, pp. 324-330Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0095399708317831
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Organizational strategy, external regulation and public service performance
Public Administration, vol. 86, no. 1, pp. 185-203Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9299.2007.00695.x
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Networking in comparative context. Public managers in the USA and the UK
Public Management Review, vol. 9, no. 3, pp. 401-420Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/14719030701425787
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Strategies for public service turnaround: Lessons from the private sector?
Administration and Society, vol. 38, no. 3, pp. 365-388Contributions to Journals: Review articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0095399705286004
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Performance failure in the public sector: Misfortune or mismanagement?
Public Management Review, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 273-296Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/14719030600587612
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Workforce diversity in the public sector: An evaluation of the performance of English local authorities
Policy and Politics, vol. 34, no. 2, pp. 287-306Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1332/030557306776315868
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Public management reform and organizational performance: An empirical assessment of the U.K. Labour government's public service improvement strategy
Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, vol. 25, no. 2, pp. 371-393Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/pam.20177
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Introduction: Public Service Performance, Perspectives on Measurement and Management
Public Service Performance: Perspectives on Measurement and Management. Cambridge University Press, pp. 1-13, 13 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511488511.001
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Public management and organizational performance: An agenda for research
Public Service Performance: Perspectives on Measurement and Management. Cambridge University Press, pp. 295-311, 17 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511488511.016
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Public service performance: Perspectives on measurement and management
Cambridge University Press. 319 pagesBooks and Reports: Books- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511488511
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Subjective and objective measures of organizational performance: An empirical exploration
Public Service Performance: Perspectives on Measurement and Management. Cambridge University Press, pp. 14-34, 21 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511488511.002
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Strategy content and organizational performance: An empirical analysis
Public Administration Review, vol. 66, no. 1, pp. 52-63Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-6210.2006.00555.x
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