01638pab a2200181 454500008004000000100001700040245010000057260000900157300001300166362000800179520105000187650002601237700001601263773004601279909001001325999001701335952010401352180718b2003   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aVigoda, Eran  aManagerial quality, administrative performance and trust governance: can we point to causality?  c2003  ap.12-25.  aSep  aThe relationship between managerial quality, administrative performance and citizens' trust in government and in public administration systems is a field of study that so far has not received adequate scholarly attention. This article explores some interrelationships between these variables and empirically tests between causality, if it exists between performance and trust. Applying a technique of structural equation modelling (SEM) with LISREL 8.3 the study examined a sample of 345 Israeli citizens and compared three alternative models. The second model that showed a quality - performance - trust relationship fitted the data best. However, the third model also had some advantages worthy of elaboration. Thus, we concluded that administrative performance may be treated as a precondition to trust in governance rather than trust serving as the precondition to performance. The article ends with further discussion of the findings and their meaning in light of the democratic, bureaucratic and new public management theory. - Reproduced.  aPublic administration  aYuval, Fany  aAmerican Journal of Public Administration  a58422  c58422d58422  00104070aIIPAbIIPAd2018-07-19hVolume no: 62, Issue no: 3pAR58867r2018-07-19w2018-07-19yAR