Impact of government officials’ imprints on public–private collaboration

Abstract

Imprinting has attracted significant attention in the field of management and, more recently, in governance and public management research. This study examines how government officials’ imprints and their contextual fit shape the performance of public–private collaboration in China. We collected data from a nationwide poverty alleviation campaign in China, in which local governments actively build partnerships with private enterprises to reduce poverty in economically disadvantaged villages. We find that local governments perform better if the officials in charge have early life imprints related to poverty or commercial imprints related to collaborative goals and measures. Officials’ commercial imprints from their experience in the private sector are especially valuable in areas with a higher tax burden. Our study contributes to the literature by investigating government officials’ individual backgrounds and unpacking the influence of multi-source imprints of government officials in public-private collaboration.

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