Who Maximizes (or Satisfices) in Performance Management? An Empirical Study of the Effects of Motivation-Related Institutional Contexts on Energy Efficiency Policy in China

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Research on public employee motivations in performance management has given little attention to the moderating role of motivation-related organizational and institutional contexts. Against the backdrop of China's energy intensity reduction policy, this study explores how institutional contexts pertaining to career motivation affect subnational bureaucrats' performance of central government policy goals. Empirical analysis, drawing on data for twenty-nine province-level governments from 2006 to 2010, confirms that institutional contexts related to career motivation influence policy implementation. Specifically, provinces with higher levels of bureaucratic integration with the central government had higher probability of achieving reduction targets and attaining a rating of excessive fulfillment in the national report card.

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