caa a22 4500 60622310X CHVBK 20210128101136.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20151201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11115-014-0286-7 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11115-014-0286-7 Contracting and Performance in Agencies: A Question of Control, Dialogue or Autonomy? [Elektronische Daten] [Bente Bjørnholt, Heidi Salomonsen] The article investigates whether contracting process affects goal attainment in internal contracts. Based on literature on contracting and performance management, we deduce four hypotheses concerning contracting processes and goal attainment. The hypotheses are tested by studying contracts from all Danish agencies together with a survey and interviews with the heads of agencies. We find that dialogue and some autonomy in the contracting process increase goal attainment if balanced with hierarchical control. We also find that agreement between agencies and departments on performance demands and assessment criteria positively affect goal attainment. Springer Science+Business Media New York, 2014 Contracting nationallicence Agencies nationallicence Performance nationallicence Autonomy nationallicence Control nationallicence Bjørnholt Bente KORA, Danish Institute for Local and Regional Government Research, Aarhus, Denmark aut Salomonsen Heidi Department of Political Science, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark aut Public Organization Review Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 15/4(2015-12-01), 509-530 1566-7170 15:4<509 2015 15 11115 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11115-014-0286-7 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11115-014-0286-7 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Bjørnholt Bente KORA, Danish Institute for Local and Regional Government Research, Aarhus, Denmark aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Salomonsen Heidi Department of Political Science, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Public Organization Review Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 15/4(2015-12-01), 509-530 1566-7170 15:4<509 2015 15 11115