Antecedents of Contracting-Back-In

A View Beyond the Economic Paradigm

Datos Bibliográficos

ID11104227
AutoresChung‐an Chen (0000-0003-0702-813X, University of Georgia, autor de correspondencia), Chung-An Chen
Año2009
Volumen41
Número1
Páginas101-126
Fecha de publicación2009-03-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAdministration & Society (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0095-3997 • E-ISSN: 1552-3039
EditorialSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0095399708330258
OpenAlexW2108951056
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas10
Referencias citadas89

Many contracted-out public services are now being contracted back into the public sector. The author first reviews the conventional economic factors—imperfect contracting market—which can bring pernicious effects to contracting-out. Second, the author proposes 9 noneconomic possibilities which may lead to contracting-back-in by looking into employment relationships, knowledge creation, isomorphism, opposition from unions and public officials, the loss of middle-level managers, political interference, the failure of balancing trust and control, corruption, and the loss of public values. Finally, the author concludes that a holistic understanding of contracting can hardly be developed unless one incorporates and balances economic and noneconomic views

Business · Control (management · Economics · Economy · Imperfect · Isomorphism (crystallography · Language change · Management · Opposition (politics · Political science · Politics · Public sector · Law · Public Policy and Administration Research · Public Procurement and Policy · Taxation and Compliance Studies