On the Dynamic Nature of Performance Management Regimes

TY - JOUR

T1 - On the Dynamic Nature of Performance Management Regimes

AU - Kristiansen, Mads Bøge

AU - Dahler-Larsen, Peter

AU - Ghin, Eva Camilla Moll

PY - 2019/7/1

Y1 - 2019/7/1

N2 - The ambition of this article is to gain a better understanding of the endogenous dynamics of performance management regimes. Based on a review of the literature, we develop a framework that enables us to grasp dimensions and mechanisms of escalation. Hereafter, we demonstrate the use of our framework through two cases. We argue that a range of dimensions of a performance regime may evolve over time, that the dynamics might be repressed by contextual factors and politics, that the dynamics may be reversed leading to de-escalation, and that different dimensions related to the regime do not all necessarily escalate simultaneously.

AB - The ambition of this article is to gain a better understanding of the endogenous dynamics of performance management regimes. Based on a review of the literature, we develop a framework that enables us to grasp dimensions and mechanisms of escalation. Hereafter, we demonstrate the use of our framework through two cases. We argue that a range of dimensions of a performance regime may evolve over time, that the dynamics might be repressed by contextual factors and politics, that the dynamics may be reversed leading to de-escalation, and that different dimensions related to the regime do not all necessarily escalate simultaneously.

KW - Faculty of Social Sciences

KW - dynamics

KW - escalation

KW - de-escalation

KW - performance management regime

U2 - 10.1177/0095399717716709

DO - 10.1177/0095399717716709

M3 - Journal article

SN - 0095-3997

VL - 51

SP - 991

EP - 1013

JO - Administration & Society

JF - Administration & Society

IS - 6

ER -