Mission congruence and organization design: an empirical analysis of childcare facilities

The paper investigates the relationship between mission congruence and the reliance on incentives and delegation of decision making, using a dataset on 206 childcare centers. We find that mission congruence between childcare teachers and employers is negatively related to the likelihood of reliance...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Barrenechea-Méndez, Marco A., Ben-Ner, Avner
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:España
Institución:Universidad Pública de Navarra
Repositorio:Academica-e. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Pública de Navarra
OAI Identifier:oai:academica-e.unavarra.es:2454/56264
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2454/56264
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Mission congruence
Organization design
Incentives and delegation of decision-making
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Sumario:The paper investigates the relationship between mission congruence and the reliance on incentives and delegation of decision making, using a dataset on 206 childcare centers. We find that mission congruence between childcare teachers and employers is negatively related to the likelihood of reliance on financial incentives and positively related to teacher autonomy. These results support the idea that worker preferences play an important role in the design of organizations.