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作者：Jilke, Sebastian; Van Ryzin, Gregg G.; Van de Walle, Steven
作者单位：Rutgers University System; Rutgers University Newark; Erasmus University Rotterdam - Excl Erasmus MC; Erasmus University Rotterdam
摘要：The choice-overload hypothesis states that increasing the number of alternatives reduces people's motivation to choose. Possible adverse effects of choice overload in liberalized public service markets have been discussed repeatedly, however, an empirical evaluation of whether this holds true is missing. In this study, we extend and test the theory of choice overload. By means of a randomized survey experiment, we investigate whether or not increasing the number of providers of public services...
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作者：Lindlbauer, Ivonne; Winter, Vera; Schreyoegg, Jonas
作者单位：University of Hamburg; University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf; University of Hamburg
摘要：The idea of privatizing or corporatizing public enterprises to improve organizational performance is a central tenet of the new public management movement. Yet while privatization represents a well-established subject of inquiry, corporatization remains a research field scarcely trodden, leaving the public debate bereft of sound empirical evidence. Building on the contingency theory, principal-agent theory, and corporatization literatures, the purpose of this study is to help bridge this resea...
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作者：Krause, Rachel M.; Feiock, Richard C.; Hawkins, Christopher V.
作者单位：University of Kansas; State University System of Florida; Florida State University; State University System of Florida; University of Central Florida
摘要：Administrative structure can shape bureaucratic process, performance, and responsiveness and is a particularly important consideration when new bureaucratic functions and programs are being established. However, the factors that influence the assignment of these functions to specific government agencies or departments are understudied, particularly at the local level. The absence of empirical evidence regarding bureaucratic assignment in local government limits understanding of institutional d...
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作者：Olson, Jeremiah C.
作者单位：University of Michigan System; University of Michigan; University of Michigan Flint
摘要：American prison staffs face the difficult challenge of maintaining order in an often overcrowded, potentially dangerous environment. Prison staffs are given wide discretion over treatment decisions inside prisons, including the decision to punish prisoners. Staffs are forced to make quick decisions in an uncertain environment and are likely to use commonly understood heuristics to simplify their decision-making. These heuristics include stereotypes regarding race and criminality. This article ...
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作者：Davis, Randall S.; Stazyk, Edmund C.
作者单位：Southern Illinois University System; Southern Illinois University; State University of New York (SUNY) System; University at Albany, SUNY
摘要：Public management scholars consistently argue that public organizations must now deliver services in the context of networks that span multiple jurisdictions and sectors and that they are subjected to greater degrees of goal and role ambiguity as compared to private organizations. Yet, limited research examines the degree to which these phenomena are connected. We seek to develop a perspective that merges these two research traditions by asserting that the extent to which managers engage their...
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作者：Ura, Joseph Daniel; Flink, Carla M.
作者单位：Texas A&M University System; Texas A&M University College Station; University of Texas System; University of Texas at San Antonio
摘要：In this article, we draw on a prominent model of public management to develop a preliminary theoretical approach to understanding the role of the chief justice in Supreme Court decision-making. In particular, we argue that the Court may seek legitimacy through greater unanimity and discuss how the leadership of the chief justice can facilitate that effort. We assess a hypothesis derived from this theory, showing greater agreement among the justices as the incumbent chief justice's tenure in of...
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作者：Andersen, Lotte Bogh; Heinesen, Eskil; Pedersen, Lene Holm
作者单位：Aarhus University
摘要：Performance is perhaps the most central concept in public administration research, and this article discusses theoretically and investigates empirically how we can obtain more consistent performance measures. Theoretically, we combine existing arguments in public administration with institutional theory and the sociology of professions. Empirically, we ask whether different measures of individual performance produce different results. The investigated performance measures vary with regard to r...
