Writing impactful reviews to rejuvenate public administration: A framework and recommendations

• 成果类型: Editorial Material
• 署名作者: George, Bert; Andersen, Lotte B.; Hall, Jeremy L.; Pandey, Sanjay K.
• 署名单位: City University of Hong Kong; Aarhus University; State University System of Florida; University of Central Florida; George Washington University; State University System of Florida; University of Central Florida
• 刊物名称: PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REVIEW
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0033-3352
• DOI: 10.1111/puar.13756
• 发表日期: 2023
• 页码: 1517-1527
• 关键词: mixed methods; service

摘要

Literature reviews have become widespread in public administration, especially in the past decade. These reviews typically adopt widely-accepted approaches with many drawing upon systematized approaches to review in fields like medicine and psychology. Public administration, however, is a professional, design-oriented discipline, focused on enhancing theory to solve real-life policy, administrative, and managerial challenges. Recognizing the unique traditions and purposes in public administration scholarship, it is important to take stock of how public administration scholars do reviews, with the aim of providing recommendations to rejuvenate the state of the art in reviewing. We present a framework to guide review efforts in public administration centered on purpose (why?), object (what?), subject (who?), community (for whom?) and practices (how?). Next, we present different approaches to doing reviews and how those approaches present different answers to the questions raised above. Finally, we discuss examples of public administration reviews within each approach and conclude with specific recommendations for researchers and practitioners who want to use reviews to rejuvenate public administration.