18권3호 - Determinants of Contracting Back-In: New Public Management or Post-NPM?

There has been a dramatic increase of contracting back-in among local governments. This article examines the factors that evidently influence the decision to contract back-in. Those factors are drawn from two paradigms in public administration. The first is the “New Public Management.” The lack of competition and high monitoring costs may lead to contracting back-in. The second is post-NPM. In this view, fairness, accountability, organizational humanism, and equity may influence decisions to contracting back-in. The findings show that factors from NPM have a positive influence on contracting back-in and the effect of factors from post-NPM differs in each case.

□ Key Words: contracting out, contracting back-in, New Public Management, post-NPM