Forfatter

Christensen, Tom; Lægreid, Per

Årstall

2020

Utgiver

Routledge

Publikasjonstype:

Tidsskriftsartikkel

Fulltekst:

https://bora.uib.no/bora-xmlui/bitstream/handle/11250/2755911/The%2bdemise%2bof%2ban%2bagency%2bdirector.pdf

Omtale:

https://doi.org/10.1080/01900692.2019.1707224

Kommentar:

Tidsskrift
International Journal of Public Administration

Antall sider:

13

ISSN-nummer:

0190-0692

Publiseringsspråk:

Engelsk

Land publikasjonen kommer fra:

Norge

NSD-referanse:

4708

Disse opplysningene er sist endret:

1/9 2021

Sammendrag
This article aims at addressing the relationship between expertise and politics by examining a reorganization process of Statistics Norway. The puzzle is why a minor reorganization with low political salience, in a consensus-oriented political administrative setting with high level of trust between ministries and agencies, and high autonomy for agencies ended up as a major conflict resulting in the resignation of the agency director. Based on an instrumental, a cultural and a symbolic perspective the article examines the internal and external dynamics ensuing from conflicting views regarding the balance between political control and professional autonomy, and from reorganization proposals that represented a break with the cultural path the organization had followed. It adds insights into the tensions between different types of institutional logics, resulting in institutional hybridity.