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The Impact of Responsibility Delegation on Policy and Practice Implementation: A Contingency Approach
Public Performance & Management Review ( IF 2.806 ) Pub Date : 2021-05-17 , DOI: 10.1080/15309576.2021.1918188
Yifan Chen 1
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Abstract

Policy and practice implementation is an issue of enduring importance to scholars, public managers, and citizens alike. The expansion and maturation of literature bring in a discussion on whether government agencies can effectively improve policy and practice implementation by delegating employees with certain authority, discretion, and responsibility. To provide some insights for the debate and fill the lacuna, the present paper leverages a contingency approach to explore how the impact of responsibility delegation on implementation effectiveness is conditioned on the government’s internal arrangement. Using the implementation of sustainable procurement policy and practice as an empirical example and drawing on a nationwide survey data of more than 400 cities, the study finds that the strategy of responsibility delegation can reach its full potential when the government’s structure or culture encourages employee initiative. The finding implies an aspect for fruitful future research in public management seeking to explain the impact of managerial strategies on implementation effectiveness. The study also contributes to the growing evidence that provides public managers with a basis for developing or selecting their managerial choices of policy and practice implementation.



中文翻译:

责任委派对政策和实践实施的影响:一种应急方法

摘要

政策和实践的实施对于学者、公共管理者和公民来说都是一个具有持久重要性的问题。文献的扩展和成熟引发了关于政府机构是否可以通过授予员工一定的权力、自由裁量权和责任来有效改善政策和实践实施的讨论。为了为争论提供一些见解并填补空白,本文利用权变方法来探讨责任委派对实施有效性的影响如何以政府的内部安排为条件。以实施可持续采购政策和实践为例,借鉴全国400多个城市的调查数据,研究发现,当政府的结构或文化鼓励员工的主动性时,责任授权战略可以充分发挥其潜力。这一发现暗示了未来公共管理研究富有成效的一个方面,旨在解释管理战略对实施有效性的影响。该研究还有助于提供越来越多的证据,这些证据为公共管理者制定或选择政策和实践实施的管理选择提供了基础。

更新日期:2021-05-17
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