Strategic public management for financial condition

Focus on fund balances of school districts

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12007263
AutoresSoojin Kim (0000-0003-3141-8621, Nanyang Technological University), Sangyub Ryu (0000-0002-4570-2538, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, autor de correspondencia)
Año2017
Volumen54
Número3
Páginas249-260
Fecha de publicación2017-02-24
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaThe Social Science Journal (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0362-3319 • E-ISSN: 1873-5355
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1016/j.soscij.2017.02.002
OpenAlexW2590621876
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas6
Referencias citadas37

Scholars have emphasized the roles of strategic public management and the financial condition but little is known about the link between the two. Finding the missing link is the purpose of this study. By analyzing data from K-12 Texas school districts, this study investigates how top managers’ strategic efforts toward their superiors, subordinates, and external stakeholders affect the financial condition of school districts. The findings suggest that superintendents’ managing upward toward school boards increases fund balances, whereas managing downward toward school principals decreases fund balances. Apparently, the relationships between school boards, superintendents, and school principals contain different priorities and incentives that influence their behaviors in managing school district budgets

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