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dc.contributor.authorTorsteinsen, Harald
dc.contributor.authorBerge, Dag Magne
dc.date.accessioned2021-06-24T11:53:11Z
dc.date.available2021-06-24T11:53:11Z
dc.date.issued2021-04-06
dc.description.abstractCorporatization implies disintegration of public authority, leading to not only structural but also cultural differentiation of government, transforming it into a fragmented and hybrid governance system consisting of an authority and multiple autonomous or semi-autonomous operators. This article addresses corporatization at the local government level in Norway, exploring if and how this change in formal structure triggers the emergence of separate cultures in the operator entities. Described as an institutionalization process, new norms, cognitions and identities seem to develop in these entities, creating a sense of ‘us’ (the municipal company) and ‘them’ (the municipality), thus strengthening the regulative separateness through normative and cultural-cognitive elements. Findings from our multiple-case study indicate that this process may be relatively fast and strong, transforming local government into a system comprising various hybrid types, especially segregated and assimilated types. The stronger the structural differentiation is, the stronger cultural differentiation seems to be.en_US
dc.identifier.citationTorsteinsen H, Berge DM. Corporatization in local government : promoting cultural differentiation and hybridity?. Public Administration. 2021en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 1911275
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/padm.12737
dc.identifier.issn0033-3298
dc.identifier.issn1467-9299
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/21553
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherWileyen_US
dc.relation.journalPublic Administration
dc.relation.urihttps://doi.org/10.1111/padm.12737
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2021 The Author(s)en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Social science: 200::Political science and organizational theory: 240en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Samfunnsvitenskap: 200::Statsvitenskap og organisasjonsteori: 240en_US
dc.titleCorporatization in local government : promoting cultural differentiation and hybridity?en_US
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typeTidsskriftartikkelen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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