Christensen, Tom; Lægreid, Ole Martin; Lægreid, Per (2019):
Administrative coordination capacity; does the wickedness of policy areas matter?
Taylor & Francis
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Type of publication:
Tidsskriftsartikkel
Link to publication:
Link to review:
https://doi.org/10.1080/14494035.2019.1584147
Comment:
Tidsskrift
Policy & Society: Journal of public, foreign and global policy
Data fra Sentraladministrasjonsundersøkelsene
Our data are taken from a survey of civil servants in the Norwegian ministries and central agencies conducted in 2016.
Number of pages:
18
ISSN:
1839-3373
Language of publication:
Engelsk
Country of publication:
Norge
NSD-reference:
4715
This page was last updated:
2/9 2021
Affiliations related to this publication:
- Departement
- Sentraladministrative organ (direktorat m.m.)
Summary:
Based on a survey of civil servants in the Norwegian central government, this article describes perceptions of coordination capacity and examines to what degree the variations in perceived coordinating capacity can be explained by structural and cultural features. In particular, it focuses on the significance of wicked policy areas. Overall the coordination capacity is weaker in wicked policy areas than in other policy areas. Controlling for other features the coordination capacity is primarily related to cultural factors, such as mutual trust, level of conflict, and identification with the central government. Some structural features, such as administrative level, also have an effect.