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Perceived managerial autonomy in municipally owned corporations: disentangling the impact of output control, process control, and policy-profession conflict

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  • Tobias Krause
  • Sandra Van Thiel

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Many European municipalities rely on municipally owned corporations (MOCs) to serve the public interest. Some MOCs, e.g. utilities or hospitals, are also aimed at generating financial revenue, others provide funded services like public transportation. Our article explores local governments’ approaches to the managerial control of influential MOCs. To conceptualize control, we distinguish control mechanisms (e.g. output control), correlates (e.g. policy-profession conflict), and perceived managerial autonomy. Drawing on a sample of 243 MOC top managers in Germany, structural equation modelling reveals four complex relationships between output control, process control, supervisor trust, and policy-profession conflict as antecedents of perceived managerial autonomy.

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  • Tobias Krause & Sandra Van Thiel, 2019. "Perceived managerial autonomy in municipally owned corporations: disentangling the impact of output control, process control, and policy-profession conflict," Public Management Review, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 21(2), pages 187-211, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rpxmxx:v:21:y:2019:i:2:p:187-211
    DOI: 10.1080/14719037.2018.1473472
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    1. Krause, Tobias Alexander & Ivanov, Igor & Sidki, Marcus, 2023. "Blame or gain? Is institutional trust impacted by the perception of political influence in state-owned enterprises?," Working Paper Series 30, Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Business and Law.
    2. Rhys Andrews, 2022. "Organizational Publicness and Mortality: Explaining the Dissolution of Local Authority Companies," Public Management Review, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 24(3), pages 350-371, March.
    3. Ligorio, Lorenzo & Caputo, Fabio & Venturelli, Andrea, 2022. "Sustainability disclosure and reporting by municipally owned water utilities," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 77(C).
    4. Bart Voorn & Marieke van Genugten & Sandra Van Thiel, 2020. "Performance of municipally owned corporations: Determinants and mechanisms," Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 91(2), pages 191-212, June.
    5. Ferry, Laurence & Wegorowski, Piotr & Andrews, Rhys, 2024. "Hybridity, institutional logics and value creation mechanisms in the corporatisation of social care," The British Accounting Review, Elsevier, vol. 56(1).

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