Drawing upon new institutional theory and blame avoidance theory, we examine how stakeholder pressure has an impact on the implementation and use of risk management practices in public administrations. Furthermore, we investigate whether top management support mediates this proposed relationship. This paper is based on a survey among public financial managers of German municipalities and federal agencies. Data from 136 questionnaires were used to evaluate the model. Our results indicate that top management support fully mediates the relationship between stakeholder pressure and risk management practices. This finding suggests that top management support is crucial for the successful implementation of accounting techniques, such as risk management, in public administrations. This study is based on subjective answers by public financial managers. Moreover, this study is based solely on German data. Hence, future research could use a mixed-method approach and data from other countries. We examine whether stakeholder pressure exerts an impact on the sophistication of public risk management practices.    «

Drawing upon new institutional theory and blame avoidance theory, we examine how stakeholder pressure has an impact on the implementation and use of risk management practices in public administrations. Furthermore, we investigate whether top management support mediates this proposed relationship. This paper is based on a survey among public financial managers of German municipalities and federal agencies. Data from 136 questionnaires were used to evaluate the model. Our results indicate that...    »