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New development: Determinants of financial performance in public organizations

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Abstract

In the slipstream of NPM, public organizations worldwide have had to increase their financial performance by adopting management practices. Nonetheless, financial performance (FP) might be mostly predicted by contingencies that are not within direct managerial control. Drawing on evidence from 308 Flemish municipalities, this article shows that organizational and environmental contingencies affect FP, but a significant amount of variation in FP is unexplained—indicating that management could well matter.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)70-73
JournalPublic Money and Management
Volume39
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2 Jan 2019
Externally publishedYes

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Research Keywords

  • Contingency theory
  • local government
  • municipalities
  • New Public Management
  • public service performance

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