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• Formal Hierarchies and Informal Networks: How Organizational Structure Shapes Information Search in Local Government AI翻译
  作者：Whetsell, Travis A.; Kroll, Alexander; DeHart-Davis, Leisha
  作者单位：State University System of Florida; Florida International University; University of North Carolina; University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
  摘要：Attention to informal communication networks within public organizations has grown in recent decades. While research has documented the role of individual cognition and social structure in understanding information search in organizations, this article emphasizes the importance of formal hierarchy. We argue that the structural attributes of bureaucracies are too important to be neglected when modeling knowledge flows in public organizations. Empirically, we examine interpersonal information-se...
• The Importance of Oversight and Agency Capacity in Enhancing Performance in Public Service Delivery AI翻译
  作者：Drolc, Cody A.; Keiser, Lael R.
  作者单位：University of South Carolina System; University of South Carolina Columbia; University of Missouri System; University of Missouri Columbia
  摘要：Government agencies often encounter problems in service delivery when implementing public programs.This undermines effectiveness and raise questions about accountability. A central component of responsiveness and performance management is that agencies correct course when problems are identified. However, public agencies have an uneven record in responding to problems. In this article, we investigate whether, and to what extent, capacity both within the agency and within institutions performin...
• Pathways of Representation in Network Governance: Evidence from Multi-Jurisdictional Disasters AI翻译
  作者：Steelman, Toddi; Nowell, Branda; Velez, Anne-Lise; Scott, Ryan
  作者单位：Duke University; North Carolina State University; Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
  摘要：Governance systems reconcile diverse interests to enable collective decision-making and action. Questions related to representation in the governance of networks are addressed in the literature; underexplored is the empirical variation in governance arrangements and pathways of representation. Complex, multi-jurisdictional disasters provide a robust theoretical and empirical context in which to investigate network governance pathways due to the tensions between democratic principles of represe...