000			01317pab a2200157 454500
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100			_aGirth, Amanda M.
245			_aIncentives in third-party governance: management practices and accountability implications
260			_c2017
300			_ap.433-444.
362			_aMay-Jun
520			_aContract incentives are designed to motivate contractor performance and to provide public managers with a powerful tool to achieve contract accountability. Our knowledge of contract incentives is rooted in contract design, yet as we move beyond contract specification and further into the contract lifecycle, we know little about why and how managers implement incentives. This study assesses public managers' use of contract incentives in practice and advances theory development. A typology of contract incentives is constructed to capture a comprehensive range of formal and informal incentives, and the factors that influence managerial use of incentives are identified. The findings shed light on the complexities of maintaining accountability in third-party governance structures and the management techniques aimed at improving the performance of public agencies. - Reproduced.
650			_aManagers
773			_aPublic Administration Review
909			_a115107
999			_c115101 _d115101