TY - JOUR
T1 - Reward exploitation or exploration? The effects of local government sustainability strategies and performance information on citizen evaluation
AU - Li, Wenhui
AU - Lee, Heewon
AU - Liu, Yixin
AU - Tang, Tian
AU - Zheng, Guimin
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - Given the growing attention on citizen involvement in local sustainability, this study explores how citizens evaluate government sustainability performance stemming from exploitation (established policies) and exploration strategies (pioneering initiatives). Our survey experiment finds that positive sustainability performance resulting from exploitation achieves more favourable citizen evaluations compared to exploration. Negative sustainability performance does not moderate the associations between sustainability strategies and public assessments. Furthermore, Republicans, individuals with low climate beliefs, Hispanics, and low-income citizens prefer exploitation over exploration. As an early attempt to examine citizen preferences for organizational strategies, this study extends performance management research by linking organizational strategies with performance.
AB - Given the growing attention on citizen involvement in local sustainability, this study explores how citizens evaluate government sustainability performance stemming from exploitation (established policies) and exploration strategies (pioneering initiatives). Our survey experiment finds that positive sustainability performance resulting from exploitation achieves more favourable citizen evaluations compared to exploration. Negative sustainability performance does not moderate the associations between sustainability strategies and public assessments. Furthermore, Republicans, individuals with low climate beliefs, Hispanics, and low-income citizens prefer exploitation over exploration. As an early attempt to examine citizen preferences for organizational strategies, this study extends performance management research by linking organizational strategies with performance.
KW - citizen evaluation
KW - local sustainability
KW - performance management
KW - Strategic management
KW - survey experiment
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U2 - 10.1080/14719037.2024.2399147
DO - 10.1080/14719037.2024.2399147
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85204870231
SN - 1471-9037
JO - Public Management Review
JF - Public Management Review
ER -