The meaning of institutional logics for performance assessment in boards of municipal companies

Abstract

Municipal companies are hybrid organizations hosting multiple institutional logics operating at the interface between the public and private sector. The authors present a new analytical framework inspired by the institutional logics perspective, which can improve our understanding of how performance assessment in municipal corporate boards develops as they navigate between the interests of the owner, the external stakeholders and the company.

Keywords:

• Boards
• hybridization
• institutional logics
• municipal companies
• performance

Additional information

Notes on contributors

Trude Høgvold Olsen

Trude Høgvold Olsen is an Associate Professor of Strategy and Management in the School of Business and Economics, UiT The Arctic University of Norway.

Elsa Solstad

Elsa Solstad is an Associate Professor of Management Control in the School of Business and Economics, UiT The Arctic University of Norway.

Harald Torsteinsen

Harald Torsteinsen is a Professor of Political Science/ Public Management in the Department of Social Sciences, UiT The Arctic University of Norway.