01232pab a2200157 454500 180718b2008 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d Andrews, Rhys et al. Organizational strategy, external regulation and public service performance 2008 p.185-203. We test the separate and joint effects of strategy and regulation on public service performance. Strategy is measured as the extent to which service providers are prospectors, defenders and reactors. Regulation is assessed on the basis of the number of inspection events and service managers' perceptions of the supportiveness of regulators. We find that, controlling for prior performance and the level of service expenditure, prospecting is a more successful strategy than defending or reacting. In addition, inspection events generally disrupt the relationship between strategy and performance, but regulation that is supportive reinforces this relationship. The evidence suggests that the impact of organizational strategies in the public sector is contingent on the characteristics of regulatory regimes. - Reproduced. Civil service Public Administration N 77887 77887 77887 0 0 0 0 IIPA IIPA 2018-07-19 Volume no: 86, Issue no: 1 AR78347 2018-07-19 2018-07-19 AR