Do government tools influence organizational performance? Examining their implementation in early childhood education
By: Sandfort, Jodi.
Contributor(s): Sowa, Jessica E | Selden, Sally Coleman.
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ArticlePublisher: 2008Description: p.412-38.Subject(s): Early childhood education | Performance appraisal | Public administration
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American Review of Public AdministrationSummary: This article explores whether the multiple tools used by government to implement social policy influence organizational performance. This analysis focuses on three tools - grants, contracts, and vouchers - and their use in the field of early childhood care and education. Through analysis of a field-based study of 22 organizations, the authors explore qualitative evidence and examine the relative consequences of each tool using multivariate modeling. the authors conceptualize organizational performance along four dimensions - management capacity, management outcomes, program capacity, and program outcomes - to better explore how government tools influence organizations delivering publicly funded services. Findings reveal that the different tools the government uses to implement early childhood programs have distinct consequences; grants have the most significant, positive consequences on a variety of desirable outcomes. - Reproduced.
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Indian Institute of Public Administration | Volume no: 38, Issue no: 4 | Available | AR81689 |
This article explores whether the multiple tools used by government to implement social policy influence organizational performance. This analysis focuses on three tools - grants, contracts, and vouchers - and their use in the field of early childhood care and education. Through analysis of a field-based study of 22 organizations, the authors explore qualitative evidence and examine the relative consequences of each tool using multivariate modeling. the authors conceptualize organizational performance along four dimensions - management capacity, management outcomes, program capacity, and program outcomes - to better explore how government tools influence organizations delivering publicly funded services. Findings reveal that the different tools the government uses to implement early childhood programs have distinct consequences; grants have the most significant, positive consequences on a variety of desirable outcomes. - Reproduced.
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