What Influences Inter-local Government Cooperation in Korea? = 지방정부간 협력의 실증분석

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Cooperation is increasingly seen as a way for local governments to meet the administrative demands of citizens, to achieve economy of scale, and to improve relations with neighboring governments. This study focuses on factors which affect inter-local government cooperation (ILGC), in order to identify strategies for effective cooperation. In particular, this study analyzes the results of a survey of public servants employed by the five local governments which run the ‘Eastern Region Resource Recovery Facility’, recognized by central government as displaying best practice in ILGC.
While previous research on Korean ILGC has focused on a single item of ILGC, the present study uses level of collaboration, level of interdependency, and level of mutual understanding as items of ILGC. Six independent variables which affect the dependent variable of ILGC are established; policy factors, political factors, economic factors, capability of local governments, participation, and trust. This model is tested using exploratory factor analysis, and reliability analysis, and verified using interrelations analysis of the factors and regression analysis. The results reveal economic factors to have the biggest impact (β=.421), followed by trust (β=.273), while capability of local government (β=.097), and policy factors (β=.080), also have a statistically significant positive impact. On the basis of the results, ways for central and local government to support ILGC are identified.

목차 (Table of Contents)

• Ⅰ. Introduction
• Ⅱ. Theoretical background
• Ⅲ. Research design
• Ⅳ. Results
• Ⅴ. Conclusion
• References