Agency Theory and Beyond: Contracted Providers' Motivations to Properly Use Service Monitoring Tools

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Lambright, Kristina T.
• 署名单位: State University of New York (SUNY) System; Binghamton University, SUNY
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH AND THEORY
• ISSN/ISSBN: 1053-1858
• DOI: 10.1093/jopart/mun009
• 发表日期: 2009
• 页码: 207-227
• 关键词: accountability; COSTS; ORGANIZATION; management; VALUES; REFORM

摘要

This article uses agency and stewardship theories to explain different motivations for contracted providers to properly use service monitoring tools. To examine different motivations for proper tool use, seven case studies were conducted on early childhood programs in three communities in Upstate New York. The case studies specifically focused on the reporting forms that the early childhood programs completed. Data sources included (1) interviews with government agency and contracted provider employees, (2) content analysis of key documents relating to the service monitoring tools, and (3) attendance at meetings between government agencies and contracted providers on the service monitoring tools. This article finds support for both agency and stewardship theories.