Taking context and strategy seriously : the contracting out decision in the U.S. public education

This study examines how contracting decisions can be influenced by organizational contexts, managerial strategies, and the interaction between the environment and strategies, building on Miles and Snow’s strategy typology—prospectors, defenders, and reactors. Our empirical evidence shows that the fr...

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Main Authors: Rho, Eunju, Kim, Soojin, Han, Sumin
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-1526752023-03-05T15:31:37Z Taking context and strategy seriously : the contracting out decision in the U.S. public education Rho, Eunju Kim, Soojin Han, Sumin School of Social Sciences Social sciences::Political science Contracting Decision Managerial Strategy This study examines how contracting decisions can be influenced by organizational contexts, managerial strategies, and the interaction between the environment and strategies, building on Miles and Snow’s strategy typology—prospectors, defenders, and reactors. Our empirical evidence shows that the fragmented political context affects contracting decisions and only the reactor strategy leads to less contracting. Moreover, the impact of top-level managers’ particular strategic stances on contracting decisions becomes greater as fiscal power is centralized within a relatively simpler intergovernmental political setting. Likewise, a higher level of financial deficiency can ameliorate the negative effect of a defender strategy on contracting decisions. Accepted version 2021-09-10T01:23:43Z 2021-09-10T01:23:43Z 2020 Journal Article Rho, E., Kim, S. & Han, S. (2020). Taking context and strategy seriously : the contracting out decision in the U.S. public education. Public Management Review, 23(9), 1398-1422. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14719037.2020.1763073 1471-9037 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/152675 10.1080/14719037.2020.1763073 9 23 1398 1422 en Public Management Review This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Public Management Review on 01 Jun 2020, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/14719037.2020.1763073. application/pdf
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Singapore
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topic Social sciences::Political science
Contracting Decision
Managerial Strategy
spellingShingle Social sciences::Political science
Contracting Decision
Managerial Strategy
Rho, Eunju
Kim, Soojin
Han, Sumin
Taking context and strategy seriously : the contracting out decision in the U.S. public education
description This study examines how contracting decisions can be influenced by organizational contexts, managerial strategies, and the interaction between the environment and strategies, building on Miles and Snow’s strategy typology—prospectors, defenders, and reactors. Our empirical evidence shows that the fragmented political context affects contracting decisions and only the reactor strategy leads to less contracting. Moreover, the impact of top-level managers’ particular strategic stances on contracting decisions becomes greater as fiscal power is centralized within a relatively simpler intergovernmental political setting. Likewise, a higher level of financial deficiency can ameliorate the negative effect of a defender strategy on contracting decisions.
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title Taking context and strategy seriously : the contracting out decision in the U.S. public education
title_short Taking context and strategy seriously : the contracting out decision in the U.S. public education
title_full Taking context and strategy seriously : the contracting out decision in the U.S. public education
title_fullStr Taking context and strategy seriously : the contracting out decision in the U.S. public education
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