Article
Agency Theory and Beyond: Contracted Providers’ Motivations to Properly Use Service Monitoring Tools
Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory
(2008)
Abstract
This article uses agency and stewardship theories to explain different motivations for contracted providers to properly use service monitoring tools. To examine different motivations for proper tool use, seven case studies were conducted on early childhood programs in three communities in Upstate New York. The case studies specifically focused on the reporting forms that the early childhood programs completed. Data sources included (1) interviews with government agency and contracted provider employees, (2) content analysis of key documents relating to the service monitoring tools, and (3) attendance at meetings between government agencies and contracted providers on the service monitoring tools. This article finds support for both agency and stewardship theories.
Publication Date
2008
DOI
10.1093/jopart/mun009
Citation Information
Kristina T. Lambright. "Agency Theory and Beyond: Contracted Providers’ Motivations to Properly Use Service Monitoring Tools" Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory Vol. 19 Iss. 2 (2008) p. 207 - 227 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/kristina-lambright/15/