Agency Autonomy and Organizational Interaction
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Abstract This research contributes to the ongoing debate on relationship between agency autonomy and organizational interaction. A comparative design that includes managers in Norway Sweden describing interaction, measures used their perceived quality, is applied. Based observed significant country-related effects, a main conclusion strong formal safeguards of appear produce positive views The unusually clear boundaries underpin Swedish central government agencies lowers risks interacting with others, protecting both turf mandate.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Public Organization Review
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['1566-7170', '1573-7098']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11115-021-00551-3