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How policy entrepreneurship training affects policy entrepreneurship behavior among street-level bureaucrats – a randomized field experiment

Year: 2021

Type: article

Study designs: Randomized Controlled Trial, Clinical Trial

Abstract: Can policy entrepreneurship training affect policy entrepreneurship behavior among street-level bureaucrats? The current research aims to expand our understanding of how and when street-level bureaucrats might use entrepreneurial strategies to directly influence policy design. We suggest that managers and decision makers can increase street-level bureaucrats’ willingness and ability to act as policy entrepreneurs through specific training. To test this argument, we conducted a randomized field experiment with 158 nurses in a community-based network of maternal and child healthcare clinics in Israel. Our findings suggest that policy entrepreneurship training has a significant positive effect on street-level policy entrepreneurship behavior. We also find that it reduces the need of street level bureaucrats to have policy entrepreneurship self-efficacy in order to engage in policy entrepreneurship behavior. We discuss our findings in detail, proposing new avenues in theory and practice.

Source: Journal of European Public Policy

DOI: 10.1080/13501763.2021.1912146

Authors: Neomi Frisch-Aviram, Itai Beeri, Nissim Cohen

Institution: University of Haifa

Language: English

Topic: Public Policy and Administration Research

Subfield: Public Administration

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Decent work and economic growth, Peace, justice, and strong institutions

Open Access status: hybrid

Funder: Israel Science Foundation