Meta-analysis of Collaboration and Performance: Moderating Tests of Sectoral Differences in Collaborative Performance

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Lee ◽  
Chia Ko Hung
Keyword(s):  
Resource Dependence ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Resource Dependence Theory ◽  
Collaborative Partnerships ◽  
The Public ◽  
Collaborative Performance ◽  
Sectoral Differences ◽  
Policy Fields ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Public Collaboration

Abstract Over the past few decades, collaboration has flourished in the public administration and policy fields as a rational means to solve complex issues and improve public service performance. Through a meta-analysis of 26 studies with 251 effect sizes, this investigation provides novel perspectives for understanding the effects of different collaborative partnerships on performance. To test these mechanisms, we applied various social science theories, such as institutional theory, resource dependence theory, a resource-based view, and transaction cost theories. Our findings indicate that the overall effect of collaborative performance is positive and significant. Moreover, meta-regression results show that public–public collaboration results in better performance than public–nonprofit or public–business collaboration, while involving all three entity types in collaborative efforts yields similar outcomes to public–public collaboration. Several implications of these findings are outlined for researchers and practitioners.

scholarly journals The Attitudinal, Behavioral, and Performance Outcomes of Work Engagement: A Comparative Meta-Analysis Across the Public, Semipublic, and Private Sector

2019 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
pp. 613-640 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rick T. Borst ◽  
Peter M. Kruyen ◽  
Christiaan J. Lako ◽  
Michiel S. de Vries
Keyword(s):  
Private Sector ◽  
Work Engagement ◽  
Turnover Intention ◽  
Employee Performance ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Behavioral Outcomes ◽  
Performance Outcomes ◽  
The Public ◽  
Sectoral Differences ◽  
And Performance

Eager to learn from private sector trends, practitioners in (semi)public organizations across the world have recently turned their eyes to the concept of work engagement to improve employee performance. Studies in the private sector show that work engagement is a more robust predictor of performance than, for example, satisfaction. The goal of this study is to find out whether the effects of work engagement on attitudinal, behavioral, and performance outcomes within the semipublic and public sector are also as high as expected and whether these relationships differ between the public, semipublic, and private sector. The results of the cross-sectoral meta-analysis of 130 studies showed that the most noticeable significant sectoral differences can be found in the mean work engagement and the effects of work engagement on the level of attitudinal outcomes (job satisfaction and commitment) and behavioral outcomes (workaholism and turnover intention).

PRODUCT INNOVATION AND PERFORMANCE OF LARGE MANUFACTURING FIRMS IN KENYA: A CASE OF BAMBURI CEMENT LIMITED (LAFARGE HOLCIM)

2021 ◽  
pp. 66-79
Author(s):  
Kimberly Mwaura ◽  
Washington Okeyo
Keyword(s):  
Product Innovation ◽  
Resource Dependence ◽  
Industrial Area ◽  
Resource Dependence Theory ◽  
Manufacturing Firms ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Manufacturing Companies ◽  
Innovation Research ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Corporate Office

ABSTRACT The increasing demand for cement in Kenya has attracted new entrants into the market, increasing competition amongst producers of cement. This study finds out the role of product innovation on performance of large manufacturing firms, a case study of Bamburi Cement Limited. The study was guided by Innovative Firm theory, theory of Dynamic Capability, Resource Dependence Theory and the Institutional Theory. This study adopted a descriptive research design. The study's population entailed all workers of BCL serving in 6 departments in the Corporate Office, Industrial Area and also in Athi River. The departments include Innovation and Technical Services Department, the Commercial Department, the IT Department, Human Resource Department, Production & Maintenance Department and the Finance Department. A total of 470 employees formed the target. The Yamane formula (1967) was applied to obtain the sample for the study. From the 470 workers 216 of them were to be obtained from the targeted departments. A Stratified random sampling was applied for proportionately selecting the 216 sample of employees from the population targeted. A questionnaire was used to collect primary data. Qualitative data was analysed using content analysis and presented in different themes. The study concluded that there exists a positive relationship between product innovation strategy and performance of large manufacturing firms. Therefore, large manufacturing firms should continually embrace product innovation as this strategy provides a framework for creating new products and improving the performance. Manufacturing companies need to implement policies that encourage a process innovation culture. Keyword: Product, innovation, research and development, performance.

scholarly journals “Whatever it Takes”: Sexual Harassment in the Context of Resource Dependence

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erynn E Beaton ◽  
Megan LePere-Schloop ◽  
Rebecca Smith
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Harassment ◽  
Resource Dependence ◽  
Resource Dependence Theory ◽  
Unintended Consequences ◽  
Mitigation Strategies ◽  
Boundary Spanners ◽  
Feminist Methodology ◽  
The Public ◽  
Organizational Resource ◽  
Gender Lens

Abstract Research suggests powerful resource dependencies are present in the public and nonprofit sectors. The individuals operating at the nexus between organizations and resource providers, and who mitigate dependencies, are referred to as boundary spanners. Research suggests that there may be both positive and negative personal repercussions for boundary spanners, but research has not sufficiently examined these unintended consequences through a gender lens. Bringing together research on resource dependence and sexual harassment, this study explores sexual harassment as an unintended consequence for boundary spanners of resource dependence mitigation strategies. Drawing on a feminist methodology and purposive sampling, we engaged in interviews with 36 professional fundraisers, a quintessential boundary spanning role, to examine the problem of sexual harassment by donors. These experiences leave fundraisers feeling harassed by donors and exploited by employers that pressure them to do “whatever it takes” to obtain donations. We contribute to research on resource dependence by surfacing sexual harassment and exploitation as unintended consequences for boundary spanners of strategies to mitigate organizational resource dependence. Our findings assist in reconsidering the assumptions that underly resource dependence theory and related research.

scholarly journals Why Grit Requires Perseverance AND Passion to Positively Predict Performance

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jon Jachimowicz ◽  
Andreas Wihler ◽  
Erica Bailey ◽  
Adam Galinsky
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Empirical Support ◽  
Field Studies ◽  
The United States ◽  
Current Theory ◽  
The Public ◽  
Contradictory Evidence ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Public Imagination

Grit has captured the public imagination and crept into educational policy throughout the United States. However, because prior studies linking grit and performance are beset by contradictory evidence, commentators increasingly state that grit is over-hyped. We propose that the inconsistency between grit's initial promise and its subsequent lack of empirical support has occurred because grit's measurement has not matched its definition. Although grit is defined as the combination of perseverance and passion, its measurement has focused on perseverance and has not adequately captured passion. In a meta-analysis of 127 studies and two field studies, we show that passion is a key component of grit. The current theory and results suggest that perseverance without passion isn't grit, but merely a grind.

Exploring the New Public Management (NPM)-Based Reforms in the Public Sector Accounting

2016 ◽  
pp. 49-67 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chitra Sriyani De Silva Lokuwaduge
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Public Management ◽  
Resource Dependence ◽  
New Public Management ◽  
Resource Dependence Theory ◽  
Sri Lankan ◽  
The Public ◽  
New Public ◽  
Public Sector Accounting

This Chapter aims to explore the process of adopting International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS) as a New Public Management (NPM) based reform in Sri Lanka as a developing country. Based on institutional theory and resource dependence theory, framework was developed to highlight the importance of reforms and of changes in the area of public sector accounting specifically during the last three decades. It shows the extent to which Sri Lankan public sector has adopted IPSAS based accounting reforms and the limitations of adopting these standards in developing countries. This chapter argues that adopting reforms in developing countries is problematic due to limited resources and concludes that, significant changes towards adoption of IPSAS and implementing some of the reform ideas has taken place during the last decade. Relatively little is known about the NPM-based reforms in public sector accounting practices in developing countries. This is an attempt to fill this gap.

Paradoxes in supplier’s uptake of GSCM practices: institutional drivers and buyer dependency

2019 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 479-500
Author(s):  
Sajad Fayezi ◽  
Rebecca Stekelorum ◽  
Jamal El Baz ◽  
Issam Laguir
Keyword(s):  
Resource Dependence ◽  
Institutional Environment ◽  
Resource Dependence Theory ◽  
Performance Outcomes ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Content Type ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Institutional Drivers

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of institutional drivers and buyer dependency on green supply chain management (GSCM) practices and performance of suppliers. Design/methodology/approach The authors draw on institutional theory and resource dependence theory to construct a conceptual model than links institutional drivers, GSCM practices, buyer dependency and performance outcomes. The authors test the hypotheses using partial least squares structural equation modeling applied to a sample of suppliers in the Australian manufacturing sector. Findings The results confirm that suppliers develop GSCM practices of green sourcing and eco-design to enhance their performance in response to both coercive forces and voluntary behaviors of their institutional environment. However, buyer dependence of suppliers explains important paradoxes in their uptake of GSCM practices. For example, while the institutional drivers encourage greater adoption of green sourcing by suppliers, increase in buyer dependence in turn reduces the positive performance outcome of green sourcing. Practical implications The authors establish that understanding and assessment of the role of buyer dependency is critical for managers in charge of GSCM practices of their company. This enables practitioners to proactively manage paradoxes resulting from institutional drivers and buyer dependency through an informed decision on the type of GSCM practice to be adopted for effectuating performance improvement. Originality/value The authors provide empirical evidence on paradoxes that curtail performance associated with the uptake of GSCM practices by suppliers moving beyond institutional environment by considering the role of buyer dependency.

scholarly journals Resource based view and resource dependence theory in decision making process of public organisation - research fi ndings

Management ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 16-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aldona Frączkiewicz-Wronka ◽  
Karolina Szymaniec
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Resource Dependence ◽  
Resource Dependence Theory ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Resource Based View ◽  
The Public ◽  
Dependence Theory ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Public Organisation ◽  
Public Organisations

AbstractResource based view and resource dependence theory in decision making process of public organisation - research findings One of the premises which build relationships between stakeholder and a public organisation are stakeholder’s resources which public organisation would like to possess and use. The other one is configuration of resources possessed by the public organisation that should allow the unit in question to realize stakeholder’s expectations.Above observations lead scientific inquiries to the two management theories - resource-based view (RBV) and resource dependence theory (RDT). The first one is orientated at resources owned by the organisation, the second one is orientated at the resources obtained from environment. The objective of this article is identification which orientation, RBV or RDT, dominates in decision making process in public organisations.

scholarly journals Mitigating the performance implications of buyer’s dependence on supplier: the role of absorptive capacity and long-term relationship

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (6) ◽  
pp. 693-707
Author(s):  
Daniel Prajogo ◽  
Mesbahuddin Chowdhury ◽  
Anand Nair ◽  
T.C.E. Cheng
Keyword(s):  
Absorptive Capacity ◽  
Business Performance ◽  
Resource Dependence ◽  
Positive Outcome ◽  
Resource Dependence Theory ◽  
Joint Effect ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Content Type ◽  
And Performance

Purpose Buyer’s dependence on its key supplier for critical resources and capabilities is generally considered as creating a disadvantageous position for the buyer and undermining its business performance. This study aims to invoke arguments from resource dependence theory (RDT) to examine if this adverse effect of buyer’s dependence is moderated by the buyer’s absorptive capacity and a long-term relationship with the key supplier. Design/methodology/approach Using a data set drawn from 204 manufacturing firms in Australia, this study tested the proposed model using hierarchical moderated regression analysis. Findings The finding shows that buyer’s dependence on its key supplier by itself has no significant effect on the buyer’s business performance. However, the link between buyer’s dependence on its key supplier and performance is positively moderated by the level of the buyer’s absorptive capacity, as well as by the joint effect of buyer’s absorptive capacity and a long-term relationship with the key supplier. Practical implications As buyer’s dependence is often difficult to avoid, the finding of this study is instructive in showing managers how to strategically mitigate the effect of their firm’s dependence on a key supplier; indeed, turn it into a positive outcome. Originality/value This is the first study, which integrates the internal and external resources in mitigating the effect of buyer’s dependence on the supplier.

scholarly journals Smart money? Philanthropic and federal funding for the Common Core

2016 ◽  
Vol 24 ◽  
pp. 93 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mindy L. Kornhaber ◽  
Nikolaus J. Barkauskas ◽  
Kelly M. Griffith
Keyword(s):  
Common Core ◽  
Resource Dependence ◽  
Resource Dependence Theory ◽  
State Standards ◽  
Public Education System ◽  
The Public ◽  
Smart Money ◽  
Dependence Theory ◽  
Different Types ◽  
The Common

The Common Core State Standards Initiative seeks to prepare all students to graduate high school without remedial needs, to improve transparency across states’ accountability systems, and to foster efficiencies in the development and distribution of educational resources. The reform was adopted in more than 40 states and has been described as state-led. We examined federal and philanthropic funding for the reform through a conceptual lens of resource dependence theory. Our document analyses surfaced eight pathways along which funding for the Common Core traveled into, through, and around the public education system. We consider clusters of pathways according to their purposes and the consequences of such clustering for the reform. We conclude by discussing benefits derived from this funding for different types of entities that grant and receive it.

Replication of the Superstition and Performance Study by

2014 ◽  
Vol 45 (3) ◽  
pp. 239-245 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert J. Calin-Jageman ◽  
Tracy L. Caldwell
Keyword(s):  
Task Difficulty ◽  
Statistical Power ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
A Priori ◽  
Significant Heterogeneity ◽  
Performance Study ◽  
Improve Performance ◽  
Research Designs ◽  
Series Of Experiments ◽  
And Performance

A recent series of experiments suggests that fostering superstitions can substantially improve performance on a variety of motor and cognitive tasks ( Damisch, Stoberock, & Mussweiler, 2010 ). We conducted two high-powered and precise replications of one of these experiments, examining if telling participants they had a lucky golf ball could improve their performance on a 10-shot golf task relative to controls. We found that the effect of superstition on performance is elusive: Participants told they had a lucky ball performed almost identically to controls. Our failure to replicate the target study was not due to lack of impact, lack of statistical power, differences in task difficulty, nor differences in participant belief in luck. A meta-analysis indicates significant heterogeneity in the effect of superstition on performance. This could be due to an unknown moderator, but no effect was observed among the studies with the strongest research designs (e.g., high power, a priori sampling plan).

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