TY - JOUR
T1 - Organizational collaboration in the public sector
T2 - Do chief executives make a difference?
AU - Esteve, Marc
AU - Boyne, George
AU - Sierra, Vicenta
AU - Ysa, Tamyko
N1 - This article reports on work undertaken by the authors as part of MICINN Research Award CSO2009/11351 and AGAUR Research Award SGR1483.References
PY - 2013/10/1
Y1 - 2013/10/1
N2 - Upper echelons theory suggests that the characteristics of chief executives affect the strategic choices of their organizations. In this article, we examine whether the characteristics of top managers make a difference to the extent of interorganizational collaboration in the public sector. Using survey data from 228 chief executives from Catalonia, we test upper echelons theory and control for top managers' institutional settings such as the size and the sector of the organization, as well as the socioeconomic context. The empirical results suggest that collaboration is influenced by the characteristics of chief executives; in particular, the extent of collaboration is affected positively by their educational qualifications and concern for self-development and negatively by their age.
AB - Upper echelons theory suggests that the characteristics of chief executives affect the strategic choices of their organizations. In this article, we examine whether the characteristics of top managers make a difference to the extent of interorganizational collaboration in the public sector. Using survey data from 228 chief executives from Catalonia, we test upper echelons theory and control for top managers' institutional settings such as the size and the sector of the organization, as well as the socioeconomic context. The empirical results suggest that collaboration is influenced by the characteristics of chief executives; in particular, the extent of collaboration is affected positively by their educational qualifications and concern for self-development and negatively by their age.
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U2 - 10.1093/jopart/mus035
DO - 10.1093/jopart/mus035
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84885345519
SN - 1053-1858
VL - 23
SP - 927
EP - 952
JO - Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory
JF - Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory
IS - 4
ER -