| Evaluating public management reforms: Principles and practice G Boyne, C Farrell, J Law McGraw-Hill Education (UK), 2003 | 468 | 2003 |
| The 'Neo-bureaucratic' state: Professionals, managers and professional managers in schools, general practices and social work C Farrell, J Morris Organization 10 (1), 129-156, 2003 | 376 | 2003 |
| The ‘post-bureaucratic’public sector organization. New organizational forms and HRM in ten UK public sector organizations J Morris, C Farrell The international journal of human resource management 18 (9), 1575-1588, 2007 | 110 | 2007 |
| Does governance matter for school improvement? S Ranson, C Farrell, N Peim, P Smith School effectiveness and school improvement 16 (3), 305-325, 2005 | 110 | 2005 |
| Governance in the UK public sector: the involvement of the governing board CM Farrell Public Administration 83 (1), 89-110, 2005 | 105 | 2005 |
| The public manager in 2010: citizen participation in governance CM Farrell Public money and management 20 (1), 31-37, 2000 | 89 | 2000 |
| Resigned compliance: Teacher attitudes towards performance-related pay in schools C Farrell, J Morris Educational Management Administration & Leadership 32 (1), 81-104, 2004 | 78 | 2004 |
| Improving UK public services: A review of the evidence L Hodgson, CM Farrell, M Connolly Public Administration 85 (2), 355-382, 2007 | 72 | 2007 |
| The accountability of school governing bodies CM Farrell, J Law Educational management & administration 27 (1), 5-15, 1999 | 68 | 1999 |
| The Indeterminacy of 'temporariness: Control and Power in Neo-bureaucratic organisations and work in the UK television MR Catherine Farrell, Jonathan Morris Human Relations 69 (2), 2016 | 44 | 2016 |
| Evaluating stakeholder participation in public services–parents and schools CM Farrell, J Jones Policy & Politics 28 (2), 251-262, 2000 | 43 | 2000 |
| Changing forms of accountability in education? A case study of LEAs in Wales CM Farrell, J Law Public Administration 77 (2), 293-310, 1999 | 42 | 1999 |
| An analysis of the stakeholder model of public boards and the case of school governing bodies in England and Wales M Connolly, C Farrell, C James Educational Management Administration & Leadership 45 (1), 5-19, 2017 | 39 | 2017 |
| Reflecting on over 100 years of public administration education C Farrell, W Hatcher, J Diamond Public Administration 100 (1), 116-128, 2022 | 38 | 2022 |
| Markets, bureaucracy and public management: Professional perceptions of bureaucratic change in the public sector: GPs, headteachers and social workers CM Farrell, J Morris Public Money and Management 19 (4), 31-36, 1999 | 38 | 1999 |
| Managing the neo-bureaucratic organisation: lessons from the UK's prosaic sector C Farrell, J Morris The International Journal of Human Resource Management 24 (7), 1376-1392, 2013 | 34 | 2013 |
| Managing the public services: evaluating public management reforms GA Boyne, C Farrell, J Law, M Powell, RM Walker Open University Press, Buckingham, 2003 | 27 | 2003 |
| Doing a doctorate in business administration: The case for critical reflexivity C Farrell, S Oerton, E Plant The international journal of management education 16 (3), 370-379, 2018 | 23 | 2018 |
| Citizen and consumer involvement in UK public services CM Farrell International Journal of Consumer Studies 34 (5), 503-507, 2010 | 21 | 2010 |
| Still searching for the evidence? Evidence-based policy, performance pay and teachers C Farrell, J Morris Journal of Industrial Relations 51 (1), 75-94, 2009 | 19 | 2009 |
