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Innovation or imitation – a comparison of performance evaluation models in China

Year: 2018

Type: article

Abstract: Innovation of public sector has been greatly advocated and supported in China, and numerous so-called local innovations have emerged. Are they really innovations or just imitations from others? Through a quantitative comparison analysis with 66 so-called innovations in performance management of China’s local governments, we ﬁnd that these innovations show more similarities than differences to each other, and they are imitations rather than innovations. Further, we argue that the ‘de facto federalism’ of China’s power structure, the incentive of China’s bureaucratic system, and the organizational culture of the public sector may result in such an outcome that rhetoric innovation is much more than substantive innovation

Source: Transylvanian Review of Administrative Sciences

DOI: 10.24193/tras.54e.9

Authors: Huping SHANG, Wenwen LI, Wei LIU

Institutions: Nankai University, Soochow University, Renmin University of China

Language: English

Topic: Public Policy and Administration Research

Subfield: Public Administration

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

Funders: Renmin University of China, National Social Science Fund of China

Award: G5491592327