Hybridizing the institutional logics of performance improvement and budgetary stewardship in English and Welsh local government

Ferry, L and Eckersley, P ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9048-8529, 2020. Hybridizing the institutional logics of performance improvement and budgetary stewardship in English and Welsh local government. Public Policy and Administration, 35 (1), pp. 45-64. ISSN 0952-0767

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Abstract

This article introduces and applies a three-stage process to show how advocates of the conflicting institutional logics of budgetary stewardship and performance improvement in English and Welsh local authorities created a hybrid logic. Drawing on interviews with officers in 25 councils, it demonstrates how cooperative working environments meant that hybridization proceeded largely 'peacefully', in contrast to previous studies of more competitive contexts that found it occurs on a 'battlefield'. We argue that the nature of conflict within the hybridization process, along with the power dynamics between representatives of different logics, shapes the nature and sustainability of the resulting hybrid.

Item Type:	Journal article
Publication Title:	Public Policy and Administration
Creators:	Ferry, L. and Eckersley, P.
Publisher:	Sage
Date:	1 January 2020
Volume:	35
Number:	1
ISSN:	0952-0767
Identifiers:	Number Type 10.1177/0952076718781433 UNSPECIFIED
Divisions:	Schools > Nottingham Business School
Record created by:	Linda Sullivan
Date Added:	16 May 2018 08:41
Last Modified:	21 Apr 2020 13:51
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/33595

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