Institutional logics in inter-departmental coordination: Why actors agree on a joint policy output

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Hustedt, Thurid; Danken, Thomas
• 署名单位: Free University of Berlin; University of Potsdam
• 刊物名称: PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0033-3298
• DOI: 10.1111/padm.12331
• 发表日期: 2017
• 页码: 730-743
• 关键词: identity

摘要

By investigating two German inter-departmental committees, this article shows that the policy output of these coordination bodies depends on the specific institutional logic evoked throughout the coordination process. While in one of the groups a policy logic prevailed and a joint coordination output was achieved, the other was dominated by a political logic and proved unable to achieve agreement. The article contributes to research on government coordination by showing that actor orientations are crucial for explaining inter-organizational coordination. The results direct attention to the behavioural implications of coordination structures.