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Does governing board involvement impact strategy implementation effectiveness? The role of information sharing in the politics-administration interface

Year: 2022

Type: article

Abstract: Many local authorities are governed by a dual governance structure involving a political governing board and a chief administrative officer (CAO). The question if both strategic actors should collaborate has been long debated. The politics-administration dichotomy perspective advocates independence, while the complementarity view eulogizes interdependence. But, what is the appropriate level of governing board involvement during strategy implementation? We use data of 96 Flemish local authorities’ CAOs to investigate if specific strategic board role behaviours (SBRBs) stimulate governing board-CAO information sharing and, subsequently, foster strategy implementation effectiveness. Results confirm the relevance of overseeing SBRB in combination with information sharing.

Source: Public Management Review

DOI: 10.1080/14719037.2022.2103174

Authors: Kenn Meyfroodt, Sebastian Desmidt

Institution: Ghent University

Language: English

Topic: Public Policy and Administration Research

Subfield: Public Administration

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Peace, justice, and strong institutions

Open Access status: green

Funder: Bijzonder Onderzoeksfonds UGent