| Escape from the iron cage? Organizational change and isomorphic pressures in the public sector R Ashworth, G Boyne, R Delbridge Journal of public administration research and theory 19 (1), 165-187, 2009 | 770 | 2009 |
| Representation and inclusion in public organizations: Evidence from the UK civil service R Andrews, R Ashworth Public Administration Review 75 (2), 279-288, 2015 | 157 | 2015 |
| Representative bureaucracy and fire service performance R Andrews, R Ashworth, KJ Meier International Public Management Journal 17 (1), 1-24, 2014 | 140 | 2014 |
| Theorizing from qualitative research in public administration: Plurality through a combination of rigor and richness RE Ashworth, AM McDermott, G Currie Journal of public administration research and theory 29 (2), 318-333, 2019 | 131 | 2019 |
| Regulatory problems in the public sector: theories and cases R Ashworth, GA Boyne, RM Walker Policy & Politics 30 (2), 195-211, 2002 | 118 | 2002 |
| Communication in pediatric oncology: state of the field and research agenda BA Sisk, JW Mack, R Ashworth, J DuBois Pediatric Blood & Cancer 65 (1), e26727, 2018 | 110 | 2018 |
| Public service improvement: Theories and evidence RE Ashworth, GA Boyne, T Entwistle Oxford University Press, USA, 2010 | 107 | 2010 |
| Towards a geography of people poverty and place poverty M Powell, G Boyne, R Ashworth Policy & politics 29 (3), 243-258, 2001 | 107 | 2001 |
| Theorizing contemporary public management: international and comparative perspectives R Ashworth, E Ferlie, G Hammerschmid, MJ Moon, T Reay British Journal of Management 24, S1-S17, 2013 | 92 | 2013 |
| Spatial equity and public services: an empirical analysis of local government finance in England G Boyne, M Powell, R Ashworth Public Management Review 3 (1), 19-34, 2001 | 69 | 2001 |
| Environmental change, leadership succession and incrementalism in local government G Boyne, R Ashworth, M Powell Journal of Management Studies 38 (6), 859-878, 2001 | 61 | 2001 |
| Testing the limits of incrementalism: an empirical analysis of expenditure decisions by English local authorities, 1981–1996 G Boyne, R Ashworth, M Powell Public Administration 78 (1), 51-73, 2000 | 55 | 2000 |
| An overview of scrutiny: a triumph of context over structure R Ashworth, S Snape Local government studies 30 (4), 538-556, 2004 | 46 | 2004 |
| Institutional pressures on public organisations: An empirical test of isomorphism R Ashworth, G Boyne, R Delbridge Management Research Review 28 (9), 61, 2005 | 31 | 2005 |
| Determinants of representation: an empirical assessment of the UK civil service R Andrews, R Ashworth Policy & Politics 41 (3), 429-448, 2013 | 27 | 2013 |
| Party manifestos and local accountability: A content analysis of local election pledges in Wales RE Ashworth Local Government Studies 26 (3), 11-30, 2000 | 27 | 2000 |
| Best Value in English local government: Summary results from the Census of Local Authorities in 2001 G Enticott, RM Walker, G Boyne, S Martin, R Ashworth Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, 2002 | 26 | 2002 |
| Meta-evaluation of the local government modernisation agenda: Progress report on accountability in local government R Ashworth, C Skelcher Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, 2005 | 24 | 2005 |
| Introduction: New Labour, the new public management and changing forms of human resource management T Entwistle, M Marinetto, R Ashworth The International Journal of Human Resource Management 18 (9), 1569-1574, 2007 | 21 | 2007 |
| Toothless tigers? Councillor perceptions of new scrutiny arrangements in Welsh local government R Ashworth Local Government Studies 29 (2), 1-18, 2003 | 21 | 2003 |
