Enforcement officials' coping strategies in a changing regulatory environment
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10393129 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ning Liu (0000-0001-8399-8985, Department of Public Policy City University of Hong Kong Hong Kong, corresponding author), Shui‐yan Tang (0000-0002-7836-8783, Sol Price School of Public Policy University of Southern California Los Angeles California USA), Carlos Wing‐hung Lo (0000-0002-3606-4511, Department of Government and Public Administration The Chinese University of Hong Kong Hong Kong), Xueyong Zhan (0000-0002-9043-1634, Department of Management and Marketing, Faculty of Business The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hong Kong) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 100 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 408-426 |
| Publication date | 2021-03-20 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Public Administration (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0033-3298 • E-ISSN: 1467-9299 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/padm.12735 |
| OpenAlex | W3138692588 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 54 |
Enforcement officials' coping strategies evolve with changes in job attitudes, work situations, and institutional support. As the institutional context becomes more challenging with stronger performance management and transparency pressures, enforcement officials are less likely to move toward regulatees. Besides, in a more challenging context, officials with higher pay satisfaction and societal support are more likely to move toward regulatees. Yet officials are consistently less likely to move toward regulatees if they receive fewer resources or more government support. These correlations are supported by results from two rounds of surveys with environmental regulatory enforcement officials in China. Our interviews and archival documents helped unearth changes in institutional contexts and enforcement activities between and after our two surveys. This study advances a dynamic view of coping among street‐level bureaucrats by showing how changes in institutional contexts may reshape the motivational bases of coping strategies
Business · China · Coping (psychology · Enforcement · Political science · Public relations · Transparency (behavior · Corruption and Economic Development · Law · Psychology · Public Administration · Public Policy and Administration Research · Regulation and Compliance Studies
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State Agent or Citizen Agent
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| Unique citing works | 8 |
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| Citations per year | 4 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2025 (2) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |