We build an operational definition of public administration management capacity (PA-MANCAP) aiming at empirically testing the existence and size of an implementation gap of public management reforms in Italy. A confirmatory factor analysis is developed to assess the validity of the proposed operational measure. Data have been taken from a survey administered among 204 Italian local governments. The validity of the measure is assessed for all the dimensionalities that conceptualize PA-MANCAP except for the ICT dimension. Findings from a survey among 102 major Italian municipalities indicate a situation with lights and shadows over the implementation of public management reforms in Italy. The paper presents a valuable insight for both academics and practitioners in order to benchmark managerial capacity of different local governments and to develop further quantitative research about determinants of the implementation gap of public management reforms in Italy and abroad.

Lifting the Veil of Maya: Measuring the Implementation Gap of Public Management Reforms in Italy

TURRINI, ALEX;CRISTOFOLI, DANIELA;NASI, GRETA;SOSCIA, ISABELLA
2010

Abstract

We build an operational definition of public administration management capacity (PA-MANCAP) aiming at empirically testing the existence and size of an implementation gap of public management reforms in Italy. A confirmatory factor analysis is developed to assess the validity of the proposed operational measure. Data have been taken from a survey administered among 204 Italian local governments. The validity of the measure is assessed for all the dimensionalities that conceptualize PA-MANCAP except for the ICT dimension. Findings from a survey among 102 major Italian municipalities indicate a situation with lights and shadows over the implementation of public management reforms in Italy. The paper presents a valuable insight for both academics and practitioners in order to benchmark managerial capacity of different local governments and to develop further quantitative research about determinants of the implementation gap of public management reforms in Italy and abroad.
2010
Turrini, Alex; Cristofoli, Daniela; Nasi, Greta; Soscia, Isabella
File in questo prodotto:
Non ci sono file associati a questo prodotto.

I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.

Utilizza questo identificativo per citare o creare un link a questo documento: https://hdl.handle.net/11565/3305791
 Attenzione

Attenzione! I dati visualizzati non sono stati sottoposti a validazione da parte dell'ateneo

Citazioni
  • ???jsp.display-item.citation.pmc??? ND
  • Scopus 1
  • ???jsp.display-item.citation.isi??? ND
social impact