Same Bed, Different Dreams? Structural Factors and Leadership Characteristics of Central Government Agency Reform in China
研究中国中央政府两个机构合并案例，发现国家卫计委比新闻出版广电总局在机构整合上更成功，物理安排和领导特征是关键解释变量。
The reorganization of government agencies can be studied as a pre-reform process in terms of the structural changes made, or as a post-reform process in terms of the effects of the reorganization. In this study of two mergers of agencies in China’s central administration, we focus on structural features and the post-merger process, paying special attention to structural and cultural integration. Our qualitative analyses reveal that the National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC) is considered to have been more successful in merging agencies and integrating functions than the State Administration for Press, Publications, Radio, Film and Television (SAPPRFT). We found that using physical arrangements and leadership features as explanatory variables generated helpful theoretical and policy implications for organizational architecture and public sector reforms.