IMPROVEMENT AND PUBLIC SERVICE RELATIONSHIPS: CULTURAL THEORY AND INSTITUTIONAL WORK
本文运用网格-群体文化理论分析公共服务中用户与提供者的关系，发现用户对服务“应然”与“实然”的认知存在张力，并探讨了兼容性模式对关系质量和附加值的影响，以及用户发声机会与改进的关系。
This article examines the influence of cultural‐institutional factors on user–provider relationships in public services. Using Grid‐Group Cultural Theory ( CT ) as a way to structure the complexity of public service relationships, the article considers the extent to which public services are attuned to users' relational concerns. This analysis shows particular tensions between how users think the service ‘should be’ compared with how they think the service ‘actually is’. Additional study evidence is used to assess these findings; in particular, the effects of different patterns of compatibility on both the perceived quality of public service relationships and the value added by this. Finally, relationships between ‘good opportunities’ for user voice and the above results are discussed. In response, opportunities for improvement are identified (within the institutional work done by public service organizations), and the implications for the relative value of CT analysis are discussed.