%0 Journal Article
%T The Impact of Greater Centralization on the Relevance of Performance Information in European Governments During the Fiscal Crisis
%A James W. Douglas
%A Riin Savi
%A Ringa Raudla
%A Tiina Randma-Liiv
%J Administration & Society
%@ 1552-3039
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/0095399716680055
%X The Great Recession resulted in fiscal crises for governments across the Western world. Our article explores whether, as a result of the crisis, the relevance of performance information in organizational decision-making increased. Furthermore, we examine how centralizing shifts in governmental decision-making processes influenced the shifts in the relevance of performance information for public sector organizations. Using a survey of senior government officials in 19 European countries, we find that, in line with the predictions of rationalistic decision-making and principal¨Cagent models, the increase in the relevance of performance information in organizational decision-making was positively associated with our measures of greater centralization
%K performance information
%K fiscal crisis
%K centralization
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0095399716680055