01545pab a2200157 454500008004000000100002500040245007600065260000900141300001500150362001200165520110200177650002801279700002501307700002201332773003301354180718b2017   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aAmirkhanyan, Anna A.  aManaging in the regulatory thicket: regulation legitimacy and expertise  c2017  ap.381-394.  aMay-Jun  aAlthough the influence of government regulation on organizations is undeniable, empirical research in this field is scarce. This article investigates how the understanding of and attitudes toward government regulation among public, nonprofit, and for-profit managers affect organizational performance, using U.S. nursing homes as the empirical setting. Findings suggest that managers' perceptions of regulation legitimacy-views of regulation fairness, inspectors' effectiveness, and internal utility of the mandates-positively affect service quality. Subgroup analysis suggests that managers' views of regulation matter in nonprofit and for-profit organizations but not in public organizations. In nonprofit homes, performance declines when managers report higher regulatory expertise-better knowledge of the regulatory standards. In for-profit facilities, frequent communication with regulators lowers quality. These findings suggest that the regulated entities' views of government regulation are central to their success, which necessitates improvements in the regulatory process. - Reproduced.  aNonprofit organizations  aO'Toole, Laurence J.  aMeier, Kenneth J.  aPublic Administration Review