Abstract
Based on an eclectic theoretical approach of board behaviour and longitudinal case-observations of a local municipal corporation this study aims at exploring what constitutes board behaviour in the public setting. Whereas private sector board research tend to highlight the tasks of control and service we have identified multiple board tasks in Swedish MC i.e. control, decision-making, service, conflict resolution, education, MC legitimization, and key value implementation. Moreover, our study has emerged four contingencies of board task, i.e. board composition, board leadership, presidium empowerment, and board processes, that further the knowledge on the emergence of specific board tasks in MC. Finally, relying on institutional logics our study theorises how and why different board behaviour emerges from an institutional frame. By doing that our findings contribute to the nascent field of research on public boards and contribute with empirical insights of public board behaviour.
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