The Factors Influencing the Public Procurement Organization Structures of Countries: An Analysis on European Union

The study focused on the reflections of the centralization/decentralization debate, which is one of the main issues in organizational analysis, in the framework of public procurement, which constitutes an important function of public administration. In this context, as the dependent variable, the public procurement organization structures seen in the EU member, candidate, potential candidate, former candidate and former member countries and as independent variables that are thought to affect them, national cultural dimensions, international transparency/corruption perceptions index, per capita national income, population, the width of the country's territory, population density, doing business and logistics performance indices were analyzed. The findings indicate the effects of power distance and indulgence-restraint dimensions, transparency/corruption perceptions, per capita national income, population and logistics performance factors on shaping the public procurement organization structures of countries.