MANAGERIAL GOALS IN A PERFORMANCE-DRIVEN SYSTEM: THEORY AND EMPIRICAL TESTS IN HIGHER EDUCATION

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Rutherford, Amanda; Meier, Kenneth J.
• 署名单位: Texas A&M University System; Texas A&M University College Station; Cardiff University
• 刊物名称: PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0033-3298
• DOI: 10.1111/padm.12124
• 发表日期: 2015
• 页码: 17-33
• 关键词: ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE; PUBLIC MANAGEMENT; measurement error; expenditures; policies; BIAS

摘要

Factors influencing managerial goals and decision-making processes have been debated for decades among public administration scholars. Previous literature has explained goal setting through theories of performance gaps, bureaucratic control, and isomorphic rationality. However, there exists no direct empirical test of these theories to determine which theoretical expectation may have more or less weight with managers when setting organizational goals. Using an original survey of university presidents, this study tests how public managers prioritize competing performance goals. Findings suggest that the goal setting decisions of these public managers is primarily driven by political control mechanisms.