2015 Volume 38 Issue 3 Pages 55-64
As the New Public Management (NPM) system is widely implemented in the local and central governments, some municipal offices have adopted a Performance Evaluation System for its officials. However, it has been argued that the evaluation system has a negative side in terms of work environment. Sakano and Park (2012) have shown through a survey conducted among public officials in prefectural governments that, by implementing goal-oriented managerial behavior based on the ownership by employees and a decentralized organizational structure, interpersonal relationships can actually be facilitated. However, their focus was on the effects which implementing an organization-wide system has on individual behavior: therefore, different effects may be seen depending on mid-organization factors. As such, this article will build on Sakano and Park (2012)'s model and focus on the concept of interdependence, in order to examine its effects on interpersonal facilitation among officials.
