Assessing and explaining interagency collaboration performance: a comparative case study of local governments in China

作者：Mu, Rui^*; de Jong, Martin; Koppenjan, Joop

来源：Public Management Review, 2019, 21(4): 581-605.

DOI：10.1080/14719037.2018.1508607

• Interagency collaboration
• coordination
• cooperation
• China
• collaboration performance

This study assesses and explains interagency collaboration performance in the Chinese public sector. Through a comparative case study, it shows that inter-organizational relation is hard to start up; conflicting policies, incompatible procedures, power disparity, low issue salience, and lack of perceived interdependence may separately and jointly affect collaboration performance. The presence of vertical meta-governance plays a critical role in turning the tide; however, its presence is tied up with other factors such as high issue salience or bottom-up appeal. In addition, the highest level of performance not only depends on vertical meta-governance but also on horizontal meta-governance.

• 出版日期2019-4-3
• 单位复旦大学; 大连理工大学