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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-III).19      10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-III).19      Published : Sep 2019

An Exploration of Public Engagement in Public Board Meetings

Abstract

    This study explores the purpose and role of public board meetings in the British National Health Service as an aftermath of public sector reforms. It deviates from the mainstream methodologies to study boards in action as it employs an ethnographic approach. Data has been collected through participant observation, in-depth semi-structured interviews from eighteen board members and members of the public, and documents in the form of board agenda and meeting minutes. Findings reveal that the purpose of the public board meetings is to manage their public image and to protect their reputation as rational actors and serve as a reporting function that excludes the public from active participation. Hence, this study asserts that public board meetings serve as a formal ritualized practice that performs board meetings. This study has practical implications as similar reforms have been introduced in other public organizations.

    (1) Humera Manzoor
    Assistant Professor, Institute of Business Studies, Kohat University of Science and Technology, Kohat, KP, Pakistan.
    (2) Muhammad Khushnood
    Assistant Professor,Institute of Business Studies, Kohat University of Science and Technology, Kohat, KP, Pakistan.
    (3) Rao Aamir Khan
    Assistant Professor,Department of Management Sciences, COMSATS University Islamabad, Pakistan.
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    CHICAGO : Manzoor, Humera, Muhammad Khushnood, and Rao Aamir Khan. 2019. "An Exploration of Public Engagement in Public Board Meetings." Global Social Sciences Review, IV (III): 148-154 doi: 10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-III).19

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    HARVARD : MANZOOR, H., KHUSHNOOD, M. & KHAN, R. A. 2019. An Exploration of Public Engagement in Public Board Meetings. Global Social Sciences Review, IV, 148-154.

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    TURABIAN : Manzoor, Humera, Muhammad Khushnood, and Rao Aamir Khan. "An Exploration of Public Engagement in Public Board Meetings." Global Social Sciences Review IV, no. III (2019): 148-154. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-III).19