Public Management Policy and Practice in Western China

Chan, Hon S.; Chow, K. K.

doi:10.1177/0275074006297552

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“…The findings seem to suggest that this combination creates a tunnel of tight answerability punctuated by in‐transparent accountability hollowness . This confirms the finding of Chan and Chow (, p. 288) that the government employees may ‘(f)aithfully support policy intent but creatively interpret’. In addition, the accountability spectrum is short.…”

Section: Implications For Accountabilitysupporting

confidence: 86%

The Power of the Purse and Budgetary Accountability: Experiences From Subnational Governments in China

Xue

2011

Public Admin & Development

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SUMMARYAccountability is the cornerstone of fiscal administration. This research studies the relationship between accountability and the sharing of budgetary power. We found that the accountability in China is supported by the superior of bureaucratic power, instead of the comprehensiveness of various accountability components. The implication is that the accountability is facilitated in terms of emphasising to whom government officials are accountable within the chain of command, reducing goal conflicts and improving strategic goal attainment. However, it is hindered at the same time in terms of lacking evaluations perceived to be impartial, limited room for democratic accountability, over-implementation of policies at all costs, and weak comprehensive awareness of 'accountable for what' (as long as it is a policy direction from the top). The structure of the power of the purse both enables and limits the tone and terrain of budget accountability in particular and government accountability in general.

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The Power of the Purse and Budgetary Accountability: Experiences From Subnational Governments in China

Xue

2011

Public Admin & Development

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“…Traditionally, Chinese civil servants were accustomed to their supervisors behaving in an authoritarian rather than a participative manner (Farh, Earley and Lin, ). This is often typical for emerging economies, as the more traditional authority structure in the society leads to a higher propensity to accept authoritarianism in the working environment (Chan and Chow, ). This tendency was compounded by Chinese Confucian tradition, in which harmony was achieved because everybody knew his or her role.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

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Participative Leadership and the Organizational Commitment of Civil Servants in China: The Mediating Effects of Trust in Supervisor

Miao

Newman

Schwarz

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British J of Management

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The present study examines whether participative leadership engenders organizational commitment amongst Chinese civil servants and analyses the mechanisms by which it transmits its effects. Confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modelling revealed that there was a significant relationship between supervisor-level participative leadership and the affective and normative commitment of subordinates, but no relationship with continuance commitment. Affective trust was also identified as the mediator variable underlying the relationship between participative leadership and organizational commitment. We show that participative leadership of supervisors elicits higher levels of trust and leads subordinates to reciprocate through exhibiting higher levels of organizational commitment. Our study also reveals that Chinese civil servants who accept an unequal distribution of power between supervisors and subordinates typically exhibit lower levels of affective and normative commitment to the organization than those who do not. Our results provide greater support for the deepening of administrative reforms and the dissemination of participative leadership practices in China's new civil service system.

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“…To self-protect became a popular pursuit in these economic and political turbulent times. (Chan, & Chow, 2007). My field observation and interview conducted in the past three years in southern China have documented the same.…”

Section: The Development Of China At the Crossroadsmentioning

confidence: 70%

“…Research has documented that the malfunctioning of the state bureaucracy has been a prime cause of various major economic, political, and social problems in PRC, undermining CPC's governance legitimacy (Zheng, 2012;Zheng, 2013;Chan, & Chow, 2007). Inevitably, the CPC leadership has to repeatedly introduce such reform policies and measures as rule-of-law and sunshine practice to keep power wielders in check.…”

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In Search of the Necessary Conditions for Transforming the Chinese Reified Social Reality

Wen¹

2018

OJPS

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A reified social reality is oppressive in essence and reactionary by nature. Transforming reified social realities is thus desirable, but what are the necessary conditions for effective transformation? The related literature has yet to furnish a basis to address this critical question. To generate theoretically meaningful and practically usable knowledge for theorists and practitioners, this paper analyzes a successful case of the transformation of a reified social reality in China in the early 20 th Century and reports a recent natural experiment basing on the findings of the aforementioned case analysis. The purposes are to identify the necessary conditions for effective transformation and to illustrate how the propositions basing on the fruitful experience reported could be applied to formulate strategies for solving similar problems in contemporary China. The principal finding of the case study is that pertinent political propositions, appropriate strategies, and effective operation mechanisms are the three necessary conditions for the occurrence of transformation of reified social reality. The principal finding of the natural experiment is that the three necessary conditions are indeed essential to enhancing the feasibility of the occurrence of transformation of the reified social reality in China in the 21 st Century. Research and policy implications are discussed.

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Public Management Policy and Practice in Western China

Cited by 60 publications

References 55 publications

The Power of the Purse and Budgetary Accountability: Experiences From Subnational Governments in China

The Power of the Purse and Budgetary Accountability: Experiences From Subnational Governments in China

Participative Leadership and the Organizational Commitment of Civil Servants in China: The Mediating Effects of Trust in Supervisor

In Search of the Necessary Conditions for Transforming the Chinese Reified Social Reality

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