Stewardship and administrative capacity in green public procurement in the Czech Republic: evidence from a large‐N survey

Background The uptake of green public procurement in the Czech Republic is known to lag behind the European standards. We trace this condition back to the adverse effects of a specific type of decision-making trade-off faced by the Czech public procurement officials, namely the trade-off between ste...

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Autores: Plaček, Michal, Valentinov, Vladislav, Del Campo Campos, Cristina, Vaceková, Gabriela, Ochrana, František, Šumpíková, Markéta
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
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Palabra clave:Green public procurement
Stewardship
Administrative capacity
Large-N survey
Czech Republic
Administración pública
Estadística aplicada
5909 Administración Pública
1209 Estadística
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spelling Stewardship and administrative capacity in green public procurement in the Czech Republic: evidence from a large‐N surveyPlaček, MichalValentinov, VladislavDel Campo Campos, CristinaVaceková, GabrielaOchrana, FrantišekŠumpíková, MarkétaGreen public procurementStewardshipAdministrative capacityLarge-N surveyCzech RepublicAdministración públicaEstadística aplicada5909 Administración Pública1209 EstadísticaBackground The uptake of green public procurement in the Czech Republic is known to lag behind the European standards. We trace this condition back to the adverse effects of a specific type of decision-making trade-off faced by the Czech public procurement officials, namely the trade-off between stewardship and administrative compliance. The trade-off means that public procurers are aware of administrative risks and complications attendant on the conscientious non-perfunctory implementation of green public procurement. Results The overall result is that public procurers ultimately come to prioritize the contract criterion of the lowest price over ecological criteria. The existence of this trade-off has been generally confirmed by the results of a unique large-N survey of more than 1100 respondents from a group of local public officials and mayors in the Czech Republic. Conclusion We have found that the decision-making of Czech public procurers is affected by the trade-off between stewardship and administrative compliance, which turn out to be mutually conflicting goals. On the one hand, many public procurers do possess a stewardship motivation that shapes their positive attitude to GPP. On the other hand, they are painfully aware of, and seek to forestall, administrative risks and complications attendant on the conscientious, i.e., non-perfunctory, implementation of GPP.SpringerUniversidad Complutense de Madrid20212021-08-1620212021-08-16journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/102975reponame:Docta Complutenseinstname:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/1029752026-06-02T12:44:21Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Stewardship and administrative capacity in green public procurement in the Czech Republic: evidence from a large‐N survey
title Stewardship and administrative capacity in green public procurement in the Czech Republic: evidence from a large‐N survey
spellingShingle Stewardship and administrative capacity in green public procurement in the Czech Republic: evidence from a large‐N survey
Plaček, Michal
Green public procurement
Stewardship
Administrative capacity
Large-N survey
Czech Republic
Administración pública
Estadística aplicada
5909 Administración Pública
1209 Estadística
title_short Stewardship and administrative capacity in green public procurement in the Czech Republic: evidence from a large‐N survey
title_full Stewardship and administrative capacity in green public procurement in the Czech Republic: evidence from a large‐N survey
title_fullStr Stewardship and administrative capacity in green public procurement in the Czech Republic: evidence from a large‐N survey
title_full_unstemmed Stewardship and administrative capacity in green public procurement in the Czech Republic: evidence from a large‐N survey
title_sort Stewardship and administrative capacity in green public procurement in the Czech Republic: evidence from a large‐N survey
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Plaček, Michal
Valentinov, Vladislav
Del Campo Campos, Cristina
Vaceková, Gabriela
Ochrana, František
Šumpíková, Markéta
author Plaček, Michal
author_facet Plaček, Michal
Valentinov, Vladislav
Del Campo Campos, Cristina
Vaceková, Gabriela
Ochrana, František
Šumpíková, Markéta
author_role author
author2 Valentinov, Vladislav
Del Campo Campos, Cristina
Vaceková, Gabriela
Ochrana, František
Šumpíková, Markéta
author2_role author
author
author
author
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dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Universidad Complutense de Madrid
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Green public procurement
Stewardship
Administrative capacity
Large-N survey
Czech Republic
Administración pública
Estadística aplicada
5909 Administración Pública
1209 Estadística
topic Green public procurement
Stewardship
Administrative capacity
Large-N survey
Czech Republic
Administración pública
Estadística aplicada
5909 Administración Pública
1209 Estadística
description Background The uptake of green public procurement in the Czech Republic is known to lag behind the European standards. We trace this condition back to the adverse effects of a specific type of decision-making trade-off faced by the Czech public procurement officials, namely the trade-off between stewardship and administrative compliance. The trade-off means that public procurers are aware of administrative risks and complications attendant on the conscientious non-perfunctory implementation of green public procurement. Results The overall result is that public procurers ultimately come to prioritize the contract criterion of the lowest price over ecological criteria. The existence of this trade-off has been generally confirmed by the results of a unique large-N survey of more than 1100 respondents from a group of local public officials and mayors in the Czech Republic. Conclusion We have found that the decision-making of Czech public procurers is affected by the trade-off between stewardship and administrative compliance, which turn out to be mutually conflicting goals. On the one hand, many public procurers do possess a stewardship motivation that shapes their positive attitude to GPP. On the other hand, they are painfully aware of, and seek to forestall, administrative risks and complications attendant on the conscientious, i.e., non-perfunctory, implementation of GPP.
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