Senior Management

Research areas

• Corporate governance and strategy in public organisations
• Public sector management and control
• Auditing and accountability

Selected publications

Thomasson, A. (2022). Marketization vs politicization in a perpetual strive for public audit independence, Public money and Management, september 2022, https://doi.org/10.1080/09540962.2022.2120663 

Grossi, G. och Thomasson, A. (2022). Are the holding companies as a hybrid governance model reinforcing the control on municipal corporations? Public Money and Management, juli 2022, https://doi.org/10.1080/09540962.2022.2101269

Thomasson, A., Wigren-Kristoferson, C., Scheller, C. (2021). What constitutes failure? The influence of public interests in securing accountability in triple helix initiatives, Triple helix, https://doi.org/10.1163/21971927-bja10020

Thomasson, A., Lapsley, I. and Steccolini, I. (2020). “Managing” wicked problems: Uncovering the roles of budgets, financial systems and collaboration, Financial Accountability & Management, 36: 113-116.

Thomasson, A. and Wigren-Kristoferson, C. (2020). Hybridizing the Triple Helix: A prerequisite for managing wicked issues, Financial Accountability & Management, 36: 207-222.

Thomasson, A. (2018). Politicization of the audit process: The case of politically affiliated auditors in Swedish Local Governments, Financial Accountability & Management, 34 (4): 1-12.

Thomasson, A. (2018). Management Across Boundaries – A Municipal Dilemma, Financial Accountability & Management, 34(3), pp. 213-225.

Knutsson, H and Thomasson, A. (2017). Exploring organisational hybridity from a learning perspective, Qualitative Research in Accounting and Management, 14 (4): 430-447.

Thomasson, A and Carlile, C. (2017). Science Facilities and Stakeholder Management: How a pan-European research facility ended up in a small Swedish university town, Physica Scripta.

Grossi, G., Reichard, C., Thomasson, A., and Vakkuri, J. (2017). Performance measurement of hybrid organisations: Emerging issues and future research perspectives, Public Money and Management, 37 (2): 379-386.

Smith, E. and Thomasson, A. (2016), The use of the partnering concept for public-private collaboration:  How well does it really work? Public Organization Review. 18: 191-206.

Grossi, G. and Thomasson, A. (2015). Bridging the accountability gap in hybrid organizations: The case of Malmö-Copenhagen Port, International Review of Administrative Science, 81(3): 604-620.   

Knutsson, H. and Thomasson, A. (2013). Innovation in the Public Procurement Process: A study of the creation of innovation-friendly public procurement” Public Management Review, Innovation special issue, https://doi.org/10.1080/14719037.2013.806574

Knutsson, H., Thomasson, A. & Nilsson, C-H. (2011). “Reality Based Learning: How to get Business Students Down to Business”. International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, Vol.22, No. 3, pp.277-286.

Thomasson, A. (2009). Exploring the Ambiguity of Hybrid Organisations: A Stakeholder Approach. Financial Accountability & Management, 25 (3): 385-398.

Mattisson, Ola & Thomasson, Anna (2007). The strategic process and its impacts on the outcome of a tender, Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, 78 (3): 439-454.