Automation and discretion: explaining the effect of automation on how street-level bureaucrats enforce

被引：52

作者：

de Boer, Noortje ^{[1
]}

Raaphorst, Nadine ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Utrecht, Sch Governance, Utrecht, Netherlands

[2] Leiden Univ, Inst Publ Adm, Leiden, Netherlands

来源：

PUBLIC MANAGEMENT REVIEW | 2023年 / 25卷 / 01期

关键词：

Street-level bureaucracy; automation; discretion; digitalization; enforcement; ADMINISTRATIVE DISCRETION; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; IRON CAGE; PERFORMANCE; INFORMATION; MANAGEMENT; STYLES; BIASES;

D O I：

10.1080/14719037.2021.1937684

中图分类号：

C93 [管理学];

学科分类号：

12 ; 1201 ; 1202 ; 120202 ;

摘要：

A dominant assumption in the street-level bureaucracy literature is that bureaucrats' discretion is curtailed by automated systems. Drawing on survey and factual data (n = 549) from Dutch inspectors, we test the effect of automation on enforcement style and whether this can be explained by discretion-as-perceived. Our results show that automation (1) increases bureaucrats' legal and accommodation style; (2) discretion-as-perceived does not mediate this effect; but (3) automation does decrease discretion-as-perceived. The main implication is that we do not find empirical evidence for curtailment and future research should move beyond discretion to understand effects of digital systems on bureaucrats' behaviour.

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页码：42 / 62

页数：21

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