Abstract
This article examines the effect of specific new public management (NPM)-related characteristics to explain innovation-oriented culture within public sector organizations. According to NPM doctrines, an enhanced managerial autonomy combined with result control will stimulate a more innovation-oriented culture in such organizations. Using multi-country survey data of over 200 public sector agencies, we test for the influence of organizational autonomy, result control and their interactions, on innovation-oriented culture. High levels of managerial autonomy and result control have independent and positive effects. However, the interaction between high personnel management autonomy and high result control has a negative effect.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 45-66 |
| Journal | Public Management Review |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue number | 1 |
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| Publication status | Published - Jan 2014 |
Keywords
- innovation-oriented culture
- managerial autonomy
- result control
- new public management
- autonomous agencies