Civil servants' preferences for nonprofit contractors
A conjoint analysis
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6264682 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Youlang Zhang (0000-0003-3177-8627, School of Public Administration and Policy & Capital Development and Governance Institute Renmin University of China Beijing China), Zijie Shao (0000-0003-1627-2847, School of Government and Public Affairs Communication University of China Beijing China, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 1049-1075 |
| Publication date | 2022-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Governance (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0952-1895 • E-ISSN: 1468-0491 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/gove.12642 |
| OpenAlex | W3201779455 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 74 |
Although governments frequently contract nonprofit organizations (NPOs) to provide public services, little is known about why civil servants are more willing to direct funding to some NPOs than to others. Based on previous research on government funding for NPOs, this study proposes a theoretical framework that combines NPOs' internal and external management strategies to explain civil servants' preferences for funding specific NPOs. On the basis of an original conjoint experiment of 1206 civil servants from China between 2020 and 2021, the analysis found that civil servants generally value the characteristics of rationalization, professionalization, collaboration, cooptation, and a prior history of receiving funding from the government in NPOs. A series of robustness checks were used to validate the theorized relationships. These findings have important implications for both future research and efforts to promote government–NPO contracting
Business · China · Civil servants · Conjoint analysis · Economics · Government (linguistics · Management · Political science · Politics · Professionalization · Public relations · Rationalization (economics · Law · Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering · Public Administration · Public Policy and Administration Research · Religion, Society, and Development
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| Unique citing works | 6 |
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| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2026 (4) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |