“…As many scholars claim, New Public Management (NPM)-which finds its theoretical roots in institutional economics (Drew & Dollery, 2015;Luke, Kearins, & Verreynne, 2017)-has strongly affected reforms in public administrations since the end of the last century (Diefenbach, 2009;Hood, 1991;Pollitt, 2003Pollitt, , 2009. NPM has two main theoretical stances.…”