A Critical Review on The Administrative Reforms in The Korean Central Government: A Case Study of The Kim Dae-Jung Administration

Lee, Chang-Won

doi:10.1080/12294659.2004.10805043

Cited by 10 publications

(4 citation statements)

References 6 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…For example, the government was criticized for high levels of inefficiency and rigidity, as well as a complete lack of transparency. On the eve of the reforms in 1998, Korea ranked below the Philippines, Mexico, and Brazil in terms of overall country-level competitiveness rankings according to the International Institute for Management Development's (IMD) influential index, while government administration in particular ranked a dismal 42 out of 48 countries (Lee 2004).…”

Section: Context and Goals Of Korea's Results-based Reformsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Identification and Performance Management

Campbell

2014

Public Personnel Management

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Identity and identification are root constructs in organization studies. Identity provides an interpretive framework with which to evaluate the appropriateness of behavior, and as such, in organizations the construct has a fundamental relationship with employee performance. This study develops a theoretical framework linking identification to change-oriented behavior, a type of extra-role activity aimed at introducing micro-level organizational change in order to improve long-term performance and efficiency. Enhancing the performance of public organizations is a central theme of public administration theory and practice, and this study contributes to the literature by shedding light on a potentially important employee-level antecedent of organizational performance. Secondly, this study links identification and change-oriented behavior to a phenomenon that has grown increasingly prevalent in contemporary public organizations, namely, goal-oriented performance management. Over the past decades, public organizations around the world have implemented results-based reforms in order to increase accountability, efficiency, and performance. Due to the scope and complexity of these reforms, however, their full range of consequences is not yet known. This study aims to make a second contribution to the literature by linking performance management practices to both organizational identification and change-oriented behavior. Using survey data gathered from employees of central government ministries in South Korea, where a wide range of results-based reforms have been introduced, mediation analysis utilizing bootstrap resampling is used to test a number of empirical hypotheses related to the constructs outlined above. The results of the analysis suggest that organizational identification is a strong predictor of change-oriented behavior. In addition, the effect of performance management on employee intentions to engage in change-oriented behavior is shown to operate primarily through its effect on organizational identification, which underscores the importance of identification for organizational performance. Following the presentation of the results of the analysis, the theoretical and practical implications of this study are discussed.

show abstract

Section: Context and Goals Of Korea's Results-based Reformsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Identification and Performance Management

Campbell

2014

Public Personnel Management

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…While early studies outlined wider-ranging, more general trends in policy coordination, recent studies have focused on specific coordination mechanisms and instruments (Park et al, 1998;Lee, 2003;Kim & Jung, 2011;Kim, Yu, Song, & Park, 2014), the most common and of which is "organizational restructuring" (Kim et al, 2014;Kim & Jung, 2011). When policy conflicts between central departments persist, the departments are merged to allow the senior manager of the organization to resolve policy problems through internal coordination.…”

Section: Mechanisms Strategy and Instruments For Coordination In Koreamentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Studies documenting formal coordination mechanisms and instruments have also been on the uprise (Lee, 2003;Yu & Ha, 2010;Kwon, 2016). In a 2003 study, Lee analyzed the use of cabinet councils as a coordination mechanism during the Kim Dae-jung administration, demonstrating that they contributed to the coordination to an extent but were not firmly institutionalized at the time.…”

Section: Mechanisms Strategy and Instruments For Coordination In Koreamentioning

confidence: 99%

“…A few studies on interministerial coordination in South Korea have analyzed horizontal policy coordination structure (e.g. Lee, 2003;Lee, 2007). Complementing Song ho Lee's 2003 study of cabinet councils consisting of a small number of ministers concerned with a particular policy domain, is C. K. Lee's 2007 study of horizontal network structures in central governmental agencies.…”

Section: The Korean Journal Of Policy Studiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

Policy Coordination in South Korea

Lim¹

2019

Korean J. Policy Stud.

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Coordination has been one of the major problems in the field of public administration (Pressman & Wildavsky, 1984; Peters 1998; Bouckaert, Peters, & Verhoest, 2010). However, as the complexity of policy problems increases and the policy environment changes, coordination is becoming more of a serious challenge to administration than ever before (Peters, 2018; Roberts, 2011). The failure of policy coordination can greatly undermine administrative capacity, so a serious approach to coordination is necessary not only theoretically but also practically. This study reviewed policy coordination theories and analyzed prior studies on current Korean policy coordination. In particular, I focused on the concepts, dimensions, mechanisms, and performance of policy coordination. What I found is that the number and variety of coordination studies in Korea is low. Most prior studies on coordination have focused on coordination between central ministries, and their methodology has primary taken the form of a literature review. Empirical studies on coordination performance have been few and far between. Based on these findings, I suggest several implications.

show abstract

Establishing A Trusted Third Party for Taxing Global Electronic Commerce: System Architecture of Global Electronic Tax Invoice (GETI)

Hwangbo

2004

International Review of Public Administration

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

A Critical Review on The Administrative Reforms in The Korean Central Government: A Case Study of The Kim Dae-Jung Administration

Cited by 10 publications

References 6 publications

Identification and Performance Management

Identification and Performance Management

Policy Coordination in South Korea

Establishing A Trusted Third Party for Taxing Global Electronic Commerce: System Architecture of Global Electronic Tax Invoice (GETI)

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About