Table A1

Frequent words and additional keywords considered for textual analysis of the interviews

PhaseObjectExploration domainMost frequent words (Nvivo “words frequency” tool)Measurement (a)Incorporation (b)Use (c)Goal autonomy (d)Incentives (e)Rationale for improvements (f)
Text exploration by words frequencyMost frequent wordsMission and activityLavoro (work), n=29; attività (activity), n=25; settore (sector), n=22; amministrazione (administration), n=17; formazione (training), n=17; programmazione (programming), n=17; politiche (policies), n=15; commissioni (commission), n=13; competenze (competencies), n=13; obiettivi (goals), n=11; sistema (system), n=11; dirigenti (managers), n=10; interlocutori (stakeholders), n=7; monitoraggio (monitoring), n=7Attività (activity), programmazione (programming), obiettivi (goals), monitoraggio (monitoring)Attività (activity), programmazione (programming), commissioni (commission), monitoraggio (monitoring)Dirigenti (managers), interlocutori (stakeholders), monitoraggio (monitoring)Programmazione (programming), politiche (policies), obiettivi (goals), sistema (system), dirigenti (managers), interlocutori (stakeholders)Obiettivi (goals), dirigenti (managers), monitoraggio (monitoring)Lavoro (work), formazione (training), competenze (competencies), obiettivi (goals)
  Methods of political goals integrationObiettivi (goals), n=35; PRS (Regional Development Plan), n=16; PQPO (Plan of Quality of Organizational Results), n=15; indicatori (indicators), n=8; programmazione (programming), n=8; monitoraggio (monitoring), n=7; attività (activity), n=6; documento (document), n=6; interno (internal), n=5; direttore (director), n=5; presidente (Governor), n=5; target (target), n=4Obiettivi (goals), indicatori (indicators), programmazione (programming), monitoraggio (monitoring), attività (activity), target (target)PRS (Regional Development Plan), PQPO (Plan of Quality of Organizational Results), programmazione (programming), monitoraggio (monitoring), attività (activity), documento (document)Monitoraggio (monitoring)Obiettivi (goals), PRS (Regional Development Plan), PQPO (Plan of Quality of Organizational Results), programmazione (programming), direttore (director), presidente (Governor), target (target)Obiettivi (goals), indicatori (indicators), programmazione (programming), monitoraggio (monitoring), attività (activity), target (target)Obiettivi (goals)
  Monitoring system and available dataSistema (system), n=27; monitoraggio (monitoring), n=22; politiche (policies), n=11; indicatori (indicators), n=10; servizi (service), n=9; procedimenti (procedures), n=7; strumenti (instruments), n=7; valutazione (assessment), n=7; amministrazione (administration), n=5; programma (programme), n=5; risorse (resources), n=5; beneficiari (beneficiaries), n=4; indagine (survey), n=4Sistema (system), monitoraggio (monitoring), politiche (policies), indicatori (indicators), servizi (service), procedimenti (procedures), strumenti (instruments), valutazione (assessment)Procedimenti (procedures), strumenti (instruments)Monitoraggio (monitoring), politiche (policies), servizi (service), programma (programme), beneficiari (beneficiaries)Politiche (policies), programma (programme)Monitoraggio (monitoring), procedimenti (procedures), strumenti (instruments), valutazione (assessment)
  Day-to-day work and routineAttività (activity), n=3; direttore (director), n=3; gestione (management), n=3; funzioni (tasks), n=3; settori (sectors), n=3; staff (staff), n=3; struttura (structure), n=3Attività (activity), gestione (management), funzioni (tasks)Gestione (management)Direttore (director), gestione (management)Direttore (director), gestione (management)Attività (activity), direttore (director), funzioni (tasks)Attività (activity), funzioni (tasks), staff (staff)
Text exploration by keywords searchFurther additional keywords (not included in the most frequent words)All interviewKPI (KPI); efficien* (efficiency); efficac* (effectiveness); qualità (quality); impatt* (outcome)Processo (process); pianificazione (planning); incorpora* (incorporation); cascata (cascad*); collega* (link)Controll* (control); responsabilità (responsibility); rendiconta* (accountability); trasparen* (transparency); uten* (user); cittadin* (citizens)Gerarch* (hierarchy or hierarchical); politic* (political or politics); partecipa* (participation); defini* (definition); condivis* (sharing)Incentiv* (incentives); premi* (rewarding); raggiung* (achievement)Innova* (innovation); miglioramento (improvement); apprend* (learning); motiva* (motivation)

Note: English translation in parentheses; for frequent words only, count following each word, marked as n

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