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Parker, Steven; Thompson, Karen and Lishman, Ros (2025). Embedding critical project management approaches into public entrepreneurship. In: Liddle, Joyce and Shutt, John eds. Cases on Public Sector Entrepreneurship: Elgar Cases in Entrepreneurship. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing (In Press).

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Shorrock, Sarah; Parker, Steven; Olive, Phillipa; Addidle, Gareth; Dimelow, Mark; Martin, Douglas and Proctor, Tony (2025). Multi-Agency Safeguarding as a form of Public Entrepreneurship. In: Liddle, Joyce and Shutt, John eds. Cases on Public Sector Entrepreneurship: Elgar Cases in Entrepreneurship. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing (In Press).

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Hartley, Jean; Parker, Steven and Beashel, Jim (2024). Leading and recognizing public value. In: Cook, B. J. ed. Challenges to Public Value Creation: Authority, Process, and Complexity. Palgrave MacMillan, pp. 159–182.

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Shand, Rory; Parker, Steven and Elliott, Catherine (2022). Understanding renewed Public Service Ethos (PSE) in public management: policy, purpose, and pedagogy. In: Diamond, John and Liddle, Joyce eds. Reimagining Public Sector Management: A New Age of Renewal and Renaissance? Critical Perspectives on International Public Sector Management, 7. Emerald, pp. 103–112.

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Needham, C.; Mangan, C.; Bottom, K. and Parker, S. (2020). Elected Officials in an Era of Austerity: Stewards, Mediators, and Catalysts. In: Sullivan, H.; Dickinson, H. and Henderson, H. eds. The Palgrave Handbook of the Public Servant. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham, pp. 1–19.

Parker, Steven (2016). What Does Working in the Public Services Mean? Describing the public service ethos in practice. In: Lawton, Alan; van der Wal, Zeger and Huberts, Leo eds. Ethics in Public Policy and Management: A global research companion. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, pp. 239–256.

Parker, Steven and Liddle, Joyce (2025). New development: Is Nolan enough? Why senior officers need to understand public values at the street-level perspective. Public Money and Management, 45(2) pp. 157–161.

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Broadhurst, Kate and Parker, Steven (2025). Navigating co-production with disadvantaged service users: local heritage as an agent of value co-creation. Public Policy and Administration (in press).

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Liddle, Joyce and Parker, Steven (2024). The struggle for linking strategic and front-line outcomes in local government service delivery. Local Government Studies, 50(6) pp. 1084–1093.

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Parker, Steven and Liddle, Joyce (2024). Local government procurement in English regions: Organisations, collaborations and mechanisms. Local Government Studies (Early access).

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Parker, Steven; Hartley, Jean; Beashel, Jim and Vo, Quoc (2023). Leading for public value in multi-agency collaboration. Public Policy and Administration, 38(1) pp. 83–106.

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Shand, Rory; Parker, Steven; Liddle, Joyce; Spolander, Gary; Warwick, Lisa and Ainsworth, Susan (2023). After the applause: understanding public management and public service ethos in the fight against Covid - 19. Public Management Review, 25(8) pp. 1475–1497.

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Parker, Steven; Cluley, Victoria and Radnor, Zoe (2023). A typology of dis/value in public service delivery. Public Money & Management, 43(1) pp. 8–16.

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Cluley, Victoria; Parker, Steven and Radnor, Zoe (2023). Editorial: Public value for all? Considering the parameters of public value co-creation. Public Money & Management, 43(1) pp. 1–3.

Cluley, Victoria; Parker, Steven and Radnor, Zoe (2021). New development: Expanding public service value to include dis/value. Public Money & Management, 41(8) pp. 656–659.

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Hartley, Jean; Parker, Steven and Beashel, Jim (2019). Leading and recognizing public value. Public Administration, 97(2) pp. 264–278.

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Parker, Steven (2019). New development: What is the meaning of philosophy for local government officers? Public Money & Management, 39(3) pp. 224–227.

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Parker, Steven (2016). New development: Reconnecting public service ethos and multi-agency collaboration. What are the possibilities and prospects for new local collaborative environments? Public Money & Management, 36(1) pp. 61–66.

Parker, Steven (2015). Debate: Public service motivation, citizens and leadership roles. Public Money & Management, 35(5) pp. 330–332.

Shorrock, Sarah; Parker, Steven; Addidle, Gareth; Dimelow, Mark; Liddle, Joyce; Martin, Douglas; Proctor, Tony and Olive, Philippa (2023). Standardising multi-agency safeguarding hubs (MASH): Building a framework to effectively identify and manage risk. In Emerald Open Research Emerald Open Research.

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Giovannini, Arianna; Griggs, Steven; Jones, Alistair; Parker, Steven and Rose, Jonathan (2023). The Future of Local Councils. The Society of Local Council Clerks.

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Parker, Steven; Bottom, Karin; Mangan, Catherine and Needham, Catherine (2016). The Twenty-First Century Councillor – Lessons from the Literature. University of Birmingham.

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Mangan, Catherine; Needham, Catherine; Bottom, Karin and Parker, Steven (2016). The 21st Century Councillor. University of Birmingham.

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Parker, Steven (2015). Researching the values of participants attending strategic boards in public services: Semi-structured interviews, documentary research and observation. In SAGE Research Methods Cases Part 1 SAGE Publications Ltd.