Public management and organizational performance: The effect of managerial quality

Meier, Kenneth J.; O’Toole, Laurence J.

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“…In addition, using New York state data, Ehrenberg et al (1988) find that the salary of school superintendents is positively impacted by low tax rates and high student achievement on test scores. Meier and O'Toole (2002) study superintendents in Texas schools, finding that revenue per pupil, experience, education, and past school performance on test scores are important salary determinants. Testable hypotheses for models of principal salary therefore include: better school performance is more strongly correlated with salary for the best principals, returns to size should be positive, and returns to expertise increase dispersion in principal salaries.…”

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Principals as Agents? Investigating Accountability in the Compensation and Performance of School Principals

Billger

2007

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Terms of use: Documents in EconStor may Principals as Agents? Investigating Accountability in the Compensation and Performance of School PrincipalsSherrilyn M. Billger In this study I examine the relationship between accountability (e.g., state sanctions for poor performance, or the presence of goals required by the district) and public secondary principal pay and school performance. Though such incentives and standards are increasingly common, the existing literature provides little evidence on the effectiveness of these policies. I explore cross-sectional variation in data from the Schools and Staffing Survey, and use quantile regressions where the conditional distributions of pay and school outcomes reflect variation in performance that is not observable in the data. I find that accountability coincides with lower college matriculation rates and lower principal pay, particularly for the best principals. On the other hand, accountability corresponds to higher retention rates at the worst schools. Though they may not be directly rewarded, school principals appear to act as agents for students in danger of dropping out. D I S C U S S I O N P A P E R S E R I E S School Principals and Quality ImprovementsSchool principals are essential to improvements in school quality, presumably acting as agents for parents, school boards, and communities. In order to align the interests of all constituents, accountability standards have been implemented in many schools, tying compliance to school resources, reputation, and at times, educator pay. Indeed, as Cooley and Shen (2003) state, the school principal is "the key to accountability." Unfortunately, little is known about either the specific role of principals in generating school performance or the factors that enable a principal to respond to incentives and improve school quality. To investigate these issues, this study examines the relationship between accountability and principal compensation and student outcomes, noting factors that likely hinder or enable improvement. In this context, accountability includes districtand school-level factors such as performance goals, school reports, and sanctions, as well as statelevel sanctions for poor performance. A school is assumed to be "accountable" if it faces at least one of these measures, regardless of whether it has directly faced sanctions.The relationship between accountability and salary or school performance reveals the manner in which school principals act as ...

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Section: Pay For Performance For School Managersmentioning

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Principals as Agents? Investigating Accountability in the Compensation and Performance of School Principals

Billger

2007

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“…A substantial amount of evidence has been collected in the public management scholarship on the effect of the quality of leaders/CEOs/managers on organisational outcomes or results (e.g. Meier and O'Toole 2002). MacManus (1996) offers a comprehensive description of governing boards, including the form, name, size, partisanship and term of office.…”

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The politics of redistribution in local governments: the effect of gender representation on welfare spending in California counties

Park¹

2014

J. Pub. Pol.

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: This research explores the impact of gender representation at the state and local levels on redistributive choices. This research also examines whether female officeholders moderate the impact of the local economy and institution on welfare spending. Hypotheses are tested across 58 counties in California over ten years, between 2001 and 2010. According to the fixed effect models, women in state legislature had a positive effect on local welfare spending, while women on county boards had no significant effect. However, a positive moderating effect of women on county boards during economic hardship was found. Three categories of control variables include institutional factors, such as the introduction of Proposition 1A and county home rule; political factors, such as the political preference of each county's residents and strength of non-profit organisations; and socio-economic factors, such as intergovernmental revenue, unemployment rate and demographics. Counties with more intergovernmental revenue and supporters of Democratic presidential candidates are likely to spend more on welfare services.

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“…It is worth note to mention that the name of the scholars in this field of policy implementation those who worked using qualitative methods namely Pressman, J. L., case study methods; conceptual paper; P. A. top-down case studies; Nakamura & Smallwood, F., (1980) analytical concept;Martin Rein, (1983) Journal of Public Administration and Governance ISSN 2161-7104 2018 conceptual paper; P. Sabatier, (1988) framework;Matland, (1995) Tadlock et al, (2005) multiple case studies; and O"Toole Jr., (2000 & 2004) case study methods and review. Beyond the aforementioned work of the scholars, Meier & O"toole, (2001) and Meier & O "Toole, (2002) used empirical quantitative methods testing the program performance of the organization.…”

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Primary Health Care Policy Implementation Performance in Bangladesh: Affecting Factors

Ali

2018

JPAG

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The extent of how health policy implementation performance is taking route at the national level is a very important issue as far as world population levels in relation to the future workforce is concerned. These require properly implementation of health policy by the respective government. This study was tried in unearthing factors related to primary health care policy implementation in Bangladesh. An integrated conceptual framework was developed based on a review of the literature. Primary data were collected from the total population of 424 Upazilla Health and Family Planning Officers (UH&FPO). Hierarchical multiple regression analysis as a tool of the quantitative method was used. The results revealed that four out of seven explanatory variables were statistically significant and had a unique contribution for the relationships with health policy implementation performance ordering as per the strength; Implementer"s Disposition (ID), Clarity of Goals and Objectives (COGAO), Management Dynamics (MD), and Coordination (COORD). The study also envisioned to recommend policy implications as; the policy makers ought to revise the goals and objectives of the health policy that must be specific measurable achievable realistic and timebound (SMART), government should allocate more resources in primary health care, inter-organizational coordination should be strengthened, to prominence on innovation for effective health care delivery using technology, research and development and health and well-being management, to motivate health providers regarding their responsibility, devotion and attitude, to get local support specially from local government and administration, and to ensure gender equality deploying female doctors as UH&FPO. Finally, the findings expected to benefit the society considering the contribution of new knowledge generated in the field of policy implementation.

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Public management and organizational performance: The effect of managerial quality

Cited by 286 publications

References 17 publications

Principals as Agents? Investigating Accountability in the Compensation and Performance of School Principals

Principals as Agents? Investigating Accountability in the Compensation and Performance of School Principals

The politics of redistribution in local governments: the effect of gender representation on welfare spending in California counties

Primary Health Care Policy Implementation Performance in Bangladesh: Affecting Factors

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