Influencing Factors and Mechanism of Performance Differences of NGOs'Government Purchasing Services
Government purchasing services plays a pivotal role in delivering public services and fostering the growth of NGOs.At present,there is a dearth of in-depth insight into the conditions and mechanisms that underlie the performance differences of NGOs'government purchasing services.Based on collaborative governance integrated framework,this paper analyzes 35 cases of government purchasing services using fsQCA,and discusses the influencing factors and mechanism that shape the performance differences of government purchasing services.The analysis shows two distinct pathways that lead to high-performing government purchasing services.The first pathway is oriented towards administrative project management,characterized by low service uncertainty,strong management ability and high organizational resources.The second pathway emphasizes socialized project management,where the key elements are full expression of opinions,robust management ability and high organizational resources.Notably,project management ability becomes the core condition that affects the performance of government purchasing services.In light of these findings,there is a pressing need to improve the project management capacity of NGOs in order to boost the performance of government purchasing services.
performance of government purchasing servicesproject management abilityconfiguration analysisfsQCACollaborative governance