Yongmei, Zhang and Li, Bingqin (2011) Motivating service improvement with awards and competitions – hygienic city campaigns in China. Environment and Urbanization, 23 (1). pp. 41-56. ISSN 0956-2478
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ABSTRACT Awards and competitions are often used to motivate public servants, and this paper examines how the central government of China uses these to try and motivate cities to improve public hygiene. The authors argue that apart from improving performance,(1) awards and competitions are good at motivating user participation and spreading good practice. However, the design of the schemes used in China tends to prioritize disproportionately the winning mentality, and sometimes causes high costs and social tension.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | http://eau.sagepub.com/ |
| Additional Information: | © 2011 SAGE |
| Divisions: | Social Policy LSE Cities Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HJ Public Finance J Political Science > JQ Political institutions Asia, Africa, Australia, Pacific J Political Science > JS Local government Municipal government |
| JEL classification: | I - Health, Education, and Welfare > I1 - Health > I18 - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health |
| Date Deposited: | 20 Apr 2011 13:47 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Dec 2024 23:53 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/35598 |
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