The Robustness of National Agency Governance in Integrated Administrative Systems: Evidence from a large-scale study

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Trondal, Jarle; Haslerud, Gjermund; Kuhn, Nadja S.
• 署名单位: University of Agder; University of Oslo
• 刊物名称: PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REVIEW
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0033-3352
• DOI: 10.1111/puar.13309
• 发表日期: 2021
• 页码: 121-136
• 关键词: EUROPEAN-UNION; EU; ORGANIZATIONS; regression; models

摘要

This article examines government agencies facing choice architectures that are multiple, overlapping ambiguous, and sometimes incompatible-in short: turbulent. It makes two contributions: First, two conceptual images of agency governance are outlined that derive distinct predictions on how agencies are likely to maneuver when embedded in integrated multilevel administrative orders. Secondly, benefitting from a large-N dataset on agency officials (N = 1,963) from 47 government agencies, the study suggests that government agencies are primarily biased towards a pragmatist compound dynamic. Additionaly, the analysis probes the robustness of these conceptual images by entering moderator variables into the analysis. Multiplicative interaction model analysis suggests that the compound dynamic of agency governance is robust because no moderator variables fundamentally transform relationships from one governance type to another.