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Accommodating a Foreign Object: Federalism, coordination and performance management in the reform of German employment administration

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This paper uses the case of the reform of the German employment administration to explore the usage of performance management approaches within multi-level governance settings. It traces the adoption and accommodation of the performance management approach to govern the joint service centres (called 'Jobcenter') at the local level within the multi-level administrative coordination regime in Germany's federal system. A contribution is made to nascent debates about the potential of managerial tools in systems of negotiated decision-making. The paper shows how performance management is adapted to the institutional logic of multi-level administrative coordination and serves as a facilitator of cross-level coordination.

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  • Kai Wegrich, 2015. "Accommodating a Foreign Object: Federalism, coordination and performance management in the reform of German employment administration," Public Management Review, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 17(7), pages 940-959, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:pubmgr:v:17:y:2015:i:7:p:940-959
    DOI: 10.1080/14719037.2015.1029345
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