On the Dynamic Nature of Performance Management Regimes. Issue 6 (July 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Kristiansen, Mads Bøge; Dahler-Larsen, Peter; Ghin, Eva Moll
• Is Part Of: Administration & society. Volume 51:Issue 6(2019)
• Page Start: 991
• Page End: 1013
• Publication Date: 2019-07
• Subjects: dynamics -- escalation -- de-escalation -- performance management regime; Public administration -- Periodicals; 351
• DOI: 10.1177/0095399717716709
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0095-3997

Abstract

The ambition of this article is to gain a better understanding of the endogenous dynamics of performance management regimes. Based on a review of the literature, we develop a framework that enables us to grasp dimensions and mechanisms of escalation. Hereafter, we demonstrate the use of our framework through two cases. We argue that a range of dimensions of a performance regime may evolve over time, that the dynamics might be repressed by contextual factors and politics, that the dynamics may be reversed leading to de-escalation, and that different dimensions related to the regime do not all necessarily escalate simultaneously.