Subnational Government Performance: Testing Multiple Dimensions of Governors' Experience.

This article tests whether governors' work experience explains their state performance. Although the experience‐performance relationship has been researched, empirical studies report inconsistent results. This inconsistency might be due to the dissimilar conceptualization and operationalization of t...

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Publicado en:Public Administration Review Vol. 79; no. 3; pp. 383 - 399
Autores principales: Olvera, Johabed G., Avellaneda, Claudia N.
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Publicado: Wiley-Blackwell May/Jun2019
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          Olvera, Johabed G.
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        Mexico
        Violence
        Education
        Public health
        Work experience (Employment)
        Organizational performance
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          Executive Offices
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      ab: This article tests whether governors' work experience explains their state performance. Although the experience‐performance relationship has been researched, empirical studies report inconsistent results. This inconsistency might be due to the dissimilar conceptualization and operationalization of the work experience construct, for it can be conceptualized in qualitative or quantitative components. To address this disparity, the authors follow Tesluk and Jacob's conceptualization by operationalizing gubernatorial experience across three dimensions: type (qualitative component), number of jobs, and years of work experience (quantitative component). The study tests the moderating effects of state context (level of violence) on the experience‐performance relationship, relying on data derived from 32 Mexican states over 16 years. Education outputs (high school enrollment) and health outcomes (infant mortality rate) are used to assess state performance. Results indicate that only the qualitative dimension of governors' work experience boosts state performance by reducing infant mortality and increasing high school enrollment. However, this positive effect is undermined by state violence. The number of jobs decreases gubernatorial performance, magnified by the degree of state violence.
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