Strategic public management for financial condition: Focus on fund balances of school districts |
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Authors: | Soojin Kim Sangyub Ryu |
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Affiliation: | 1. Public Policy and Global Affairs Programme, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore;2. Department of Public Administration, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Republic of Korea |
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Abstract: | Scholars have emphasized the roles of strategic public management and the financial condition but little is known about the link between the two. Finding the missing link is the purpose of this study. By analyzing data from K-12 Texas school districts, this study investigates how top managers’ strategic efforts toward their superiors, subordinates, and external stakeholders affect the financial condition of school districts. The findings suggest that superintendents’ managing upward toward school boards increases fund balances, whereas managing downward toward school principals decreases fund balances. Apparently, the relationships between school boards, superintendents, and school principals contain different priorities and incentives that influence their behaviors in managing school district budgets. |
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Keywords: | Strategic public management Financial condition Fund balances School districts |
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