Quality standards, implementation autonomy, and citizen satisfaction with public services: cross-national evidence

Song, Miyeon, An, Seung-Ho and Meier, Kenneth J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6378-0855 2021. Quality standards, implementation autonomy, and citizen satisfaction with public services: cross-national evidence. Public Management Review 23 (6) , pp. 906-928. 10.1080/14719037.2020.1730939

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Abstract

This article investigates whether citizens’ evaluations of service performance are related to archival measures of performance, and how institutional context shapes this relationship contingent on administrative autonomy – standards, human resources, and financial autonomy. Using cross-national education data, this study finds that student performance is positively associated with parental evaluations of schools. Perceptions are more closely aligned with performance when agencies have greater autonomy in managing employees, and when national-level bureaucracies set performance standards. This research advances our understanding of the role of administrative autonomy in citizen satisfaction and provides implications for the institutional designs that can benefit performance assessment.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Business (Including Economics)
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
ISSN:	1471-9037
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	23 November 2020
Last Modified:	15 Nov 2024 07:45
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/136561

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