00000nam a22000005i 4500 UP-1685675941122037747 Buklod 20250219140156.0 a r |||| u| ta 250219s2018 xxkda fru 001 0 eng 9781788971843 (hardback : alk. paper) 20376627 Pu-29898 PhP 9,309.00 DLC DCPA rda eng HD 58.9 J86 2018 Jung, Chan Su. author Performance goals in public management and policy the nature and implications of goal ambiguity Chan Su Jung. Cheltenham, UK [Edward Elgar] [2018] xvi, 271 pages 24 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index 1. Introduction -- PART I STATE OF CURRENT KNOWLEDGE ABOUT GOAL AMBIGUITY IN PUBLIC MANAGEMENT AND POLICY -- 2. Goal ambiguity issues in public organizations: causes, effects, a theory, and reforms -- 3. State and issues of empirical goal ambiguity research -- PART II PROGRAM GOAL AMBIGUITY, POLITICAL INSULATION STRUCTURE, AND PROGRAM PERFORMANCE -- 4. Developing and validating concepts and measures of program goal ambiguity -- 5. Predictors of program goal ambiguity -- 6. Agency political insulation structures as moderators -- 7. Program goal ambiguity and performance -- PART III A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR ANALYSIS OF GOAL AMBIGUITY AND ITS EMPIRICAL VALIDATIONSA -- 8. A conceptual framework for analysis of program goal ambiguity and its empirical validation -- 9. Two applications of the conceptual framework for goal ambiguity -- PART IV CONCLUSIONS -- 10. Conclusions -- Appendices -- References -- Index. Chan Su Jung provides a thorough review of goal ambiguity in the public sector, exploring the general assertions, arguments and empirical evidence regarding performance goal ambiguity, particularly highlighting its causes, consequences, and mediation effects. The author proposes a new conceptual framework for successful analysis of goal ambiguity that can effectively relate to diverse organizational and program characteristics. Using U.S. federal programs, South Korean central government agencies, and English local authorities as examples, Jung empirically tests his framework to validate the new approach for goal ambiguity analysis. The author corroborates management capacity, third-party involvement, learning times, size, and work complexity as predictors of goal ambiguity and performance. In addition, Jung studies political insulation structures as moderators between management capacity and goal ambiguity, along with the negative effect of goal ambiguity on performance. Based on these empirical findings, the author provides clear and transferable principles to guide further theoretical and conceptual studies on the topic. An essential read for quantitative researchers and doctoral students of public management and policy, this book will guide future empirical studies on goal ambiguity and performance in the public sector. Provided by publisher. Organizational effectiveness. Government productivity. Performance management. Special Problems in Administrative Theory PA 305 . Voluntary Sector Management and the Development of Civil Society PA 281 . FO UPD DCPA HD 58.9 J86 2018 Book