| The performance paradox in the public sector S Van Thiel, FL Leeuw Public performance & management review 25 (3), 267-281, 2002 | 1125 | 2002 |
| Bestuurskundig onderzoek: een methodologische inleiding S Thiel Bussum: Coutinho, 2010 | 630 | 2010 |
| New public management in Europe C Pollitt, S Van Thiel, V Homburg Palgrave Macmillan, 2007 | 614 | 2007 |
| Government agencies: Practices and lessons from 30 countries K Verhoest, S Van Thiel, G Bouckaert, P Lęgreid, S Van Thiel Springer, 2016 | 437 | 2016 |
| Quangos—what's in a name? Defining quangos from a comparative perspective C Greve, M Flinders, S Van Thiel Governance 12 (2), 129-146, 1999 | 289 | 1999 |
| Research methods in public administration and public management: An introduction S Van Thiel Routledge, 2014 | 216 | 2014 |
| Political influence and bureaucratic autonomy K Yesilkagit, S Van Thiel Public Organization Review 8 (2), 137-153, 2008 | 207 | 2008 |
| Quangos: trends, causes and consequences S Van Thiel Routledge, 2017 | 177 | 2017 |
| Comparing agencies across countries S Van Thiel Government agencies, 18-26, 2012 | 166 | 2012 |
| Quangocratization: Trends, causes and consequences S Thiel [Sl: sn], 2000 | 166 | 2000 |
| Quantitative methods in public administration: Their use and development through time S Groeneveld, L Tummers, B Bronkhorst, T Ashikali, S Van Thiel International Public Management Journal 18 (1), 61-86, 2015 | 155 | 2015 |
| Innovation-oriented culture in the public sector: Do managerial autonomy and result control lead to innovation? J Wynen, K Verhoest, E Ongaro, S Van Thiel, ... Public Management Review 16 (1), 45-66, 2014 | 104 | 2014 |
| Trends in the public sector: why politicians prefer quasi-autonomous organizations S Van Thiel Journal of Theoretical Politics 16 (2), 175-201, 2004 | 103 | 2004 |
| Good neighbours or distant friends? Trust between Dutch ministries and their executive agencies S Van Thiel, K Yesilkagit Public Management Review 13 (6), 783-802, 2011 | 86 | 2011 |
| The efficiency and effectiveness of municipally owned corporations: a systematic review B Voorn, ML Van Genugten, S Van Thiel Local Government Studies 43 (5), 820-841, 2017 | 82 | 2017 |
| Structural devolution and agencification O James, S Thiel Aldershot: Ashgate, 2011 | 81 | 2011 |
| Autonomous agencies and perceptions of stakeholder influence in parliamentary democracies K Yesilkagit, S Van Thiel Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory 22 (1), 101-119, 2012 | 70 | 2012 |
| Agencification and public sector performance: A systematic comparison in 20 countries S Overman, S Van Thiel Public Management Review 18 (4), 611-635, 2016 | 67 | 2016 |
| Quangos in Dutch government S Van Thiel Unbundled government: a critical analysis of the global trend to agencies …, 2004 | 54 | 2004 |
| Birds of a feather? The effect of organizational value congruence on the relationship between ministries and quangos S Van Thiel, Z van der Wal Public Organization Review 10 (4), 377-397, 2010 | 51 | 2010 |
