Administrative Innovation Among Ohio Local Government Finance Officers

    Authors

    G. A. Gianakis;C. P. McCue

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Amer. Rev. Public Adm.

    Keywords

    ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; MUNICIPAL-GOVERNMENT; MANAGEMENT TOOLS; Public Administration

    Abstract

    This study centers on a mailed survey of Ohio local government finance officers that recorded a 43% response rate. It seeks to determine the arrent to which the represented jurisdictions have adopted innovative administrative management tools and techniques to identify possible determinants of adoption, and to explore potential outcomes of adoption. The authors conducted a longitudinal analysis to provide for the identification of potential outcomes. they found that Ohio local governments have been less innovative than jurisdictions surveyed in national surveys and that smaller local governments in Ohio tend to be more innovative than larger governments. The authors were unable to identify determinants of adoption or to construct a model of adoption. The article concludes that the adoption of administrative innovations appears to be an idiosyncratic process. Adoption does not appear to lead to greater satisfaction with the quality of the services provided by the respondent's jurisdiction or with the overall efficiency of the service delivery system. However the adoption of administrative innovations appears to be positively related to fund balances in future years-that is, innovation appears to pay off.

    Journal Title

    American Review of Public Administration

    Volume

    27

    Issue/Number

    3

    Publication Date

    1-1-1997

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    270

    Last Page

    286

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000071563500004

    ISSN

    0275-0740

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