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Performance Implications of Public Managers’ Goal Prioritization: An Empirical Test of the Link between Internal Management and Organizational Performance

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  • Camilla Denager Staniok

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Most studies on the goals-performance nexus focus on the implications of goal design. In public organizations with multiple goals, managerial goal prioritization can, however, in itself play a decisive role for performance. This study examines the effects of managerial goal prioritization and employee commitment on organizational performance. Analyses of parallel surveys of principals and teachers in higher secondary education and archival data on school performance show that principals’ goal prioritization is positively related to high school performance. The findings thus indicate that public managers should concentrate not only on how they design goals, but also on how they prioritize them.

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  • Camilla Denager Staniok, 2017. "Performance Implications of Public Managers’ Goal Prioritization: An Empirical Test of the Link between Internal Management and Organizational Performance," International Journal of Public Administration, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 40(11), pages 918-929, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:lpadxx:v:40:y:2017:i:11:p:918-929
    DOI: 10.1080/01900692.2016.1210165
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