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作者：Kalesnikaite, Vaiva; Neshkova, Milena, I
作者单位：State University of New York (SUNY) System; State University of New York (SUNY) Brockport; State University System of Florida; Florida International University
摘要：Prior research identifies problem severity as an important antecedent of collaboration. Yet, little is known about how problem severity shapes collaborative behavior of public organizations beyond the initial decision to engage in such action. This study adds to the theory of collaboration by linking problem severity to the stage of collaborative activity and partner selection. We empirically test the validity of these linkages in the context of US local governments and examine how they respon...
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作者：Bolton, Alexander; de Figueiredo, John M.; Lewis, David E.
作者单位：Emory University; Duke University; Vanderbilt University
摘要：A defining feature of public sector employment in the United States is the regular change in elected leadership. We describe how these changes alter policy and disrupt civil servants' influence over agency decisions, potentially shaping their career choices. Using data on careers from over three million federal employees in the United States from 1988 to 2011, we evaluate how administration changes influence turnover in a series of regression analyses. We find substantial stability in the civi...
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作者：Marvel, John D.
作者单位：George Mason University
摘要：We examine how occupation, race, and sex interact to affect employees' probability of promotion to the upper reaches of federal agencies' personnel hierarchies. Three interrelated questions draw our attention. First, we are interested in whether employees who are members of an agency's dominant occupational group are more likely to be promoted to Senior Executive Service (SES) positions than employees who are members of non-dominant occupational groups. Second, we are interested in whether any...
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作者：Alonso, Jose M.; Andrews, Rhys
作者单位：Universidad de Cantabria; Cardiff University
摘要：Theories of sectoral advantage and failure suggest that collaborations between public and nonprofit organizations can create new collaborative capabilities that compensate for sector-specific weaknesses. Drawing on these perspectives, we investigate whether government-created nonprofit organizations (GCNPOs) can turn around public services regarded as failing by government agencies. In doing so, we analyze the transfer of all of the functions of a failing inner London local education authority...
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作者：Usman, Muhammad; Ali, Moazzam; Mughal, Farooq; Agyemang-Mintah, Peter
作者单位：COMSATS University Islamabad (CUI); University of Bath; Brunel University
摘要：In an era of New Public Management reforms, public sector policies often create a mismatch between social and economic values that can lead to public policy alienation-professionals' feelings of disconnection from public policies. Policy alienation can create unrest among public professionals and carry several negative repercussions for their wellbeing and work-related attitudes. The negative repercussions of policy alienation are likely to inhibit public service delivery. However, existing re...
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作者：Willems, Jurgen; Faulk, Lewis; Boenigk, Silke
作者单位：Vienna University of Economics & Business; American University; University of Hamburg
摘要：This study investigates the impacts of negative and positive signals on public-serving organizations' reputations. We draw on sociocognitive perspectives to test how organizations' breaches of stakeholders' trust are repairable over time as well as the moderating effect of organizational mission valence on this forgiveness process. Multilevel data from two slope-shift experiments (n = 304; n = 582) show that mission valence, or individuals' affinity with an organization's mission, intensifies ...
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作者：Barnes, Carolyn Y.
作者单位：Duke University
摘要：Scholars have examined how administrative burden creates barriers to accessing public benefits but have primarily focused on the challenges of claiming benefits. Less is known about the difficulties beneficiaries face when using public benefits, especially voucher-based public assistance programs. I argue that the costs of learning how to redeem benefits can discourage program use and undermine policy goals. To enrich the administrative burden framework, this study draws from a qualitative ana...
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作者：Nielsen, Vibeke Lehmann; Nielsen, Helle Orsted; Bisgaard, Mette
作者单位：Aarhus University
摘要：Common to most studies on street-level bureaucrats is a fundamental acknowledgment that behaviors of citizens with whom the street-level bureaucrats interact play an important role for their decision-making. However, within literature, there is a lack of generic and systematic attention to the agency of the citizens. This article aims to respond to this criticism and answer the questions: How do citizens cope with public encounters? Do citizen behaviors towards public authorities divide into d...
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作者：Eckhard, Steffen; Lenz, Alexa; Seibel, Wolfgang; Roth, Florian; Fatke, Matthias
作者单位：University of Konstanz; Fraunhofer Gesellschaft; Fraunhofer Germany; Fraunhofer Systems & Innovation Research
摘要：Studying the so-called refugee crisis in Germany, this article asks about the effectiveness of crisis management by a large number of local administrations, each acting upon the same crisis impulse of a high number of asylum seekers who entered the country in 2015 and 2016. Instead of theorizing the exact administrative design features fit for an effective crisis response, the focus is on the ability of administrations to adjust. We conceptualize such shifts in administrative practices as info...
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作者：Mosley, Jennifer E.; Wong, Jade
作者单位：University of Chicago
摘要：Participants may lose faith in collaborative governance processes if they do not perceive internal decision-making processes to be legitimate. Yet, understanding how to assess internal legitimacy and what network characteristics are associated with it has been an enduring challenge. In this article, we propose conceptualizing internal legitimacy as multi-vectored, contrasting input legitimacy-the degree of openness and access that participants experience in their attempt to offer voice-with th...
