Pub Date : 2023-06-24DOI: 10.1080/15309576.2023.2226660
Dayashankar Maurya, A. K. Rathore
Abstract The need for agile and adaptable health systems to cope with disasters such as the COVID-19 pandemic is well established. Developing countries’ health systems are a mix of market, hierarchy, and collaborative arrangements. Collaborative arrangements are considered superior in responding to a crisis, but a comparative assessment of the three modes in the face of a crisis needs to be improved. Further, very little is known about the adaptation of collaborative arrangements that existed before the crisis, as extant research has primarily examined arrangements that emerged in the wake of the crisis. We assess the response of three governance modes to the COVID-19 pandemic in India. A mixed-method approach has been adopted: structured interviews with the domain experts, secondary data, and Twitter analytics framework. Both hierarchy and markets demonstrated adaptability, but market arrangements were mal-adapted to exploit the situation. Contrary to expectations, hierarchy arrangements responded with agility and delivered services substantially. Preexisting collaborative arrangements had limited adaptability due to non-convergence of expectations and reduced dependence, leading partners to choose alternative venues rather than engaging in bargaining and negotiation. The findings contribute to the limited literature on the comparative assessment of modes of governance and adaptability of preexisting collaborative arrangements.
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Pub Date : 2023-06-20DOI: 10.1080/15309576.2023.2224305
Ann Karin Tennås Holmen, Toril Ringholm
Abstract This paper presents an analytical model for studying “encounters” that take place when ideas for innovation meet institutions (The IIE-model). Our model aims to expand the dichotomous barriers/driver approach in innovation research. Building on the theoretical contributions of studies on institutional logics and change, this model presents a dynamic, institution-based understanding of what happens when innovative ideas meet institutions. Four ideal types of encounters describe the mutual impact of institutions and innovative ideas. This paper aims to contribute to a wider and more nuanced understanding of the dynamics of innovation processes.
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Pub Date : 2023-06-08DOI: 10.1080/15309576.2023.2217552
Lena Lenz, Fabian Hattke, Janne Kalucza, Friederike Redlbacher
Abstract The study models the abrupt introduction of virtual work during the COVID-19 pandemic as a job demand within the Job Demands-Resources (JD-R) model. Using survey data from 1,173 public servants collected during the second national lockdown in Germany, we assess the relationships between several job and personal resources with organizational citizenship behavior (OCB), and the relationship between virtual work and counterproductive work behavior (CWB). Additionally, we analyze the moderating role of virtual work for the relationship of resources and OCB, as well as the moderating role of resources for the relationship of virtual work and CWB. Our results show that the direct effects of the resources and the demand for virtual work on workplace behaviors point in the expected direction, while only one out of ten hypothesized interaction effects could be found. These results contribute to theoretical insights about the multiplicative or additive nature of the JD-R model. In addition, virtual work relates positively to both CWB and OCB, which informs the debate about virtual work being a hindrance demand or a positive challenge in the public sector.
{"title":"Virtual Work as a Job Demand? Work Behaviors of Public Servants during Covid-19","authors":"Lena Lenz, Fabian Hattke, Janne Kalucza, Friederike Redlbacher","doi":"10.1080/15309576.2023.2217552","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15309576.2023.2217552","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The study models the abrupt introduction of virtual work during the COVID-19 pandemic as a job demand within the Job Demands-Resources (JD-R) model. Using survey data from 1,173 public servants collected during the second national lockdown in Germany, we assess the relationships between several job and personal resources with organizational citizenship behavior (OCB), and the relationship between virtual work and counterproductive work behavior (CWB). Additionally, we analyze the moderating role of virtual work for the relationship of resources and OCB, as well as the moderating role of resources for the relationship of virtual work and CWB. Our results show that the direct effects of the resources and the demand for virtual work on workplace behaviors point in the expected direction, while only one out of ten hypothesized interaction effects could be found. These results contribute to theoretical insights about the multiplicative or additive nature of the JD-R model. In addition, virtual work relates positively to both CWB and OCB, which informs the debate about virtual work being a hindrance demand or a positive challenge in the public sector.","PeriodicalId":47571,"journal":{"name":"Public Performance & Management Review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2023-06-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80958248","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-06-01DOI: 10.1080/15309576.2023.2196974
Juan Du, Hongtao Yi
Abstract When do environmental targets improve the environmental performance of local governments? Previous studies have reached inconsistent conclusions on the effectiveness of environmental targets. Drawing on the principal-agent theory, this article identifies goal divergence and information asymmetry as challenges that impede the achievement of environmental targets. We analyze two policy instruments put in place to steer implementation, namely the mandatory target system and key cities for emission reduction, as components of the national 11th Five-Year Plan. We apply the difference-in-differences (DID) method to a longitudinal dataset of Chinese cities from 2001 to 2010 to investigate the impact of the two policy instruments on air and water pollution. Combining time variations, inter-provincial differences, and inter-prefectural differences in policy intensity, we find that mandatory pollution reduction targets have a pollution-reducing impact on two targeted pollutants, and key environmental protection cities reduce emissions only for air pollutants. However, we find no evidence of a synergy between the two types of policies. Our findings contribute to the understanding of implementation problems for government agents.
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Pub Date : 2023-05-25DOI: 10.1080/15309576.2023.2206389
Huaxing Liu, Y. Meng
Abstract This research explores the significance of leader–member exchange for the subjective well-being of grassroots officials in Shandong Province, China, with both job insecurity and job burnout as the mediating factors across gender groups. Our data were gathered from the Chinese Civil Servants’ Quality of Life Survey 2019, by means of distributing questionnaires among 2046 full-time grassroots officials from 106 towns or subdistricts in Shandong. Our findings indicate that leader–member exchange plays a positive role in shaping subjective well-being among grassroots officials in China. The results also provide evidence for the mediating role of both job insecurity and job burnout in the relationship between leader–member exchange and subjective well-being across gender groups. We conclude that to increase subjective well-being among grassroots officials, greater attention should be paid to developing a more supportive pattern of leader–member exchange for both male and female public employees. In addition, both job insecurity and burnout could be reduced by utilizing job-related resources generated during a high-quality leader–member exchange process.
{"title":"How Leader–Member Exchange Relates to Subjective Well-Being in Grassroots Officials: The Mediating Roles of Job Insecurity and Job Burnout","authors":"Huaxing Liu, Y. Meng","doi":"10.1080/15309576.2023.2206389","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15309576.2023.2206389","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This research explores the significance of leader–member exchange for the subjective well-being of grassroots officials in Shandong Province, China, with both job insecurity and job burnout as the mediating factors across gender groups. Our data were gathered from the Chinese Civil Servants’ Quality of Life Survey 2019, by means of distributing questionnaires among 2046 full-time grassroots officials from 106 towns or subdistricts in Shandong. Our findings indicate that leader–member exchange plays a positive role in shaping subjective well-being among grassroots officials in China. The results also provide evidence for the mediating role of both job insecurity and job burnout in the relationship between leader–member exchange and subjective well-being across gender groups. We conclude that to increase subjective well-being among grassroots officials, greater attention should be paid to developing a more supportive pattern of leader–member exchange for both male and female public employees. In addition, both job insecurity and burnout could be reduced by utilizing job-related resources generated during a high-quality leader–member exchange process.","PeriodicalId":47571,"journal":{"name":"Public Performance & Management Review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2023-05-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46119767","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-05-22DOI: 10.1080/15309576.2023.2204073
Cheong-Soo Kim, Taehyon Choi
Abstract This study explores how contracting out can contribute to the fiscal sustainability of public services. Together with the economic advantage that contracting out can lower production costs over government production in house, contracting theory informs that contracting out can offer an insulation of efficient and effective service production from the political incentive problem of the principal. Hypotheses from the perspective are tested over panel data on subnational public service facilities operated via user fees in South Korea. As hypothesized, the analysis results confirm a positive relationship of contracting out with net revenue over government production. While both regionally/municipally owned corporations (R/MOCs) and nonprofits demonstrate their capabilities as competent partners of a government, nonprofits are more effective at the generation of net revenue. The study discusses the implications of contracting out for publicness and a style of governance that actively utilizes the flexibility and expertise of organizations outside a government.
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Pub Date : 2023-05-13DOI: 10.1080/15309576.2023.2211054
Obed Pasha, Tatyana Guzman
Abstract Performance budgeting is a contentious area in public administration literature. While performance budgeting systems are widely adopted with promises of better fiscal outcomes, public administration theory implies that this practice may generate social waste. Most empirical research that finds null or negative effects of performance budgeting focuses only on how performance budgeting affects resource allocations and cost savings. This study aims to fill the gap in the literature by conducting a quantitative panel-data analysis to determine whether the inclusion of performance information in municipal budgets contributes to better fiscal outcomes. An ordered logit regression analysis in the context of 125 large U.S. cities over a 12-year span (2008–2019) demonstrates that performance budgeting is positively associated with municipal fiscal health.
{"title":"Social Waste or Outcomes Achievement? Exploring the Impact of Performance Budgeting on Municipal Fiscal Health","authors":"Obed Pasha, Tatyana Guzman","doi":"10.1080/15309576.2023.2211054","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15309576.2023.2211054","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Performance budgeting is a contentious area in public administration literature. While performance budgeting systems are widely adopted with promises of better fiscal outcomes, public administration theory implies that this practice may generate social waste. Most empirical research that finds null or negative effects of performance budgeting focuses only on how performance budgeting affects resource allocations and cost savings. This study aims to fill the gap in the literature by conducting a quantitative panel-data analysis to determine whether the inclusion of performance information in municipal budgets contributes to better fiscal outcomes. An ordered logit regression analysis in the context of 125 large U.S. cities over a 12-year span (2008–2019) demonstrates that performance budgeting is positively associated with municipal fiscal health.","PeriodicalId":47571,"journal":{"name":"Public Performance & Management Review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2023-05-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45032201","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-05-10DOI: 10.1080/15309576.2023.2209851
Bingsheng Liu, Y. Zhai, Yan Li, Ling Li, Guobin Wu, Si Chen
Abstract Both public administration researchers and practitioners have realized that citizens’ satisfaction with and acceptance of urban renewal compensation policy are critical for the local authorities to initiate urban renewal projects. However, little is known about the possible effects of social influence from citizens’ peers and referents on their satisfaction and acceptance. This research proposes a theoretical model that hypothesizes the relationships among citizens’ expectation confirmation, satisfaction and acceptance and introduces perceived distributive justice and subjective norms as representations of social influence. Two rounds of questionnaire surveys with a one-month time lag were conducted to collect data for testing the proposed model. Survey data from 314 citizens involved in different urban renewal compensation modes in China show that citizens’ expectation confirmation positively influences citizen satisfaction, which in turn determines the final public acceptance of the policy. The results also highlight the critical roles that perceived distributive justice and subjective norms play in different compensation modes. These findings provide researchers and administrators with theoretical and practical implications.
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Pub Date : 2023-05-08DOI: 10.1080/15309576.2023.2204847
Yi Yang
Abstract Scholars have documented how ineffective rules or “red tape”, and effective rules or “green tape” affect a public organization’s management and performance. However, they differ on whether red tape by definition (i.e., burdensome and unnecessary rules) can perform useful organizational functions. Rather, we further the “necessary bureaucracy” conceptualization by van Loon et al. who argue that some rules are burdensome yet functional—with a study of China’s political selection rules, we add a political functionality to this conceptualization, explaining why some rules are regarded as red tape by lower-echelon managers while considered as politically necessary (and not as red tape) by top-echelon organizational elites: The theory of institutional entropy suggests that all organizational systems are predisposed toward disarray. It takes significant maintenance efforts to keep a system together and aligned. Thus, despite its onerousness, necessary bureaucracy as a governance craft maintains an organization’s order for ensuring elites’ political control.
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Pub Date : 2023-05-05DOI: 10.1080/15309576.2023.2207078
Q. Bian, Danning Zhao, Ben Ma
Abstract Public sectors typically learn from crises, providing them the opportunity to improve the performance of crisis management. Through thematic analysis, this study maps out the evolution process of China’s pandemic response and emergency management systems and summarizes the characteristics of China’s crisis learning process, crisis learning subject, and crisis learning content. The findings indicate that China’s pandemic response and emergency management systems have the characteristics of crisis learning with gradual adjustments and continuous innovation. Specifically, under the impetus of China’s political factors, its pandemic response and emergency management systems have been able to learn from crises and have a complete crisis learning process. This crisis learning process includes adaptive learning, as well as single, double, and triple-loop learning. There is also a clear selection preference at various government levels, corresponding crisis learning processes and stages, and the path dependence of crisis learning content. Moreover, political accountability, attention, and pressure are the key factors opening the window of crisis learning, but the decision-making authority is the decisive factor of crisis learning in China’s centralized context. This study provides a theoretical framework for understanding the evolution and changes in the government’s crisis learning model and puts forward policy implications.
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