TY - JOUR
T1 - New leaders' managerial background and the performance of public organizations
T2 - The theory of publicness fit
AU - Petrovsky, Nicolai
AU - James, Oliver
AU - Boyne, George A.
N1 - Economic and Social Research Council (RES-062-23-2471).
PY - 2015/1/1
Y1 - 2015/1/1
N2 - We develop a theory of the effect of top management succession on the performance of public organizations. The theory is rooted in the fundamental characteristics of an organization's publicness: ownership, funding, and regulation. We construct the concept of publicness fit-the match between the organization and the leader's previous managerial experience. We argue that the effect of publicness fit on performance depends on the balance of adaptation benefits and disruption costs, which in turn depends on the prior performance of an organization. We propose a research agenda to empirically evaluate propositions developed from the theory of publicness fit.
AB - We develop a theory of the effect of top management succession on the performance of public organizations. The theory is rooted in the fundamental characteristics of an organization's publicness: ownership, funding, and regulation. We construct the concept of publicness fit-the match between the organization and the leader's previous managerial experience. We argue that the effect of publicness fit on performance depends on the balance of adaptation benefits and disruption costs, which in turn depends on the prior performance of an organization. We propose a research agenda to empirically evaluate propositions developed from the theory of publicness fit.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84922574437&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1093/jopart/muu008
DO - 10.1093/jopart/muu008
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84922574437
SN - 1053-1858
VL - 25
SP - 217
EP - 236
JO - Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory
JF - Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory
IS - 1
ER -
