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The Link Between Management Control and the Performance of Public Organizations: A Systematic Review

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Fatima Zahra Driouich1, *, Noura Youssoufi2
1Ibn Zohr University, ENCGA, Agadir, Morocco
2Mohammed 6 University of Rabat, Rabat, Morocco
*Corresponding author. Email: Fatimazahra.driouich@edu.uiz.ac.ma
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Fatima Zahra Driouich
Available Online 17 November 2025.
DOI
10.2991/978-94-6463-892-9_28How to use a DOI?
Keywords
management control; performance; public organizations; systematic review; management tools; efficiency
Abstract

Management control plays a central role in enhancing the performance of public organizations, particularly in a context where efficiency and transparency are increasingly demanded by stakeholders. This systematic review aims to synthesize the existing empirical literature evaluating the impact of management control practices on the performance of public organizations. The analysis focuses on a corpus of 30 scholarly articles selected based on rigorous inclusion criteria, covering the period from 2015 to 2025. The articles were extracted from widely recognized international databases, organized in Web Of Science, and analyzed using NVIVO software for in-depth textual analysis. The methodology follows the protocol proposed by Tranfield et al. (2003) for systematic reviews in management sciences. The results reveal that the majority of studies confirm a significant and positive impact of management control tools (e.g., dashboards, performance indicators, results-based budgeting) on the operational, financial, and social performance of public organizations. However, disagreements persist regarding the relative importance of different tools and their adaptation to the specificities of the public sector. This systematic review highlights gaps in the existing literature and proposes future research directions to deepen the understanding of this complex relationship.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the International Conference on Multidisciplinary Research in Management and Economics (ICMRME 2025)
Series
Advances in Economics, Business and Management Research
Publication Date
17 November 2025
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978-94-6463-892-9
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2352-5428
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10.2991/978-94-6463-892-9_28How to use a DOI?
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© 2025 The Author(s)
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Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

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