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作者:Andersen, Simon Calmar; Moynihan, Donald P.
作者单位:Aarhus University; University of Wisconsin System; University of Wisconsin Madison
摘要:Two central governance challenges are directing leadership attention to performance data and the management of diversity. This article examines connections between the two, asking if the introduction of diversity, as a form of organizational change, is associated with greater leadership use of performance data. Diversity is theorized as a double-edged sword for organizations, generating greater innovation, creativity, and performance, but also conflict. We propose that leaders will be motivate...
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作者:Laegreid, Per
作者单位:University of Bergen
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作者:Anderson, Sarah E.; Potoski, Matthew
作者单位:University of California System; University of California Santa Barbara
摘要:Agency structure can shape agency independence in two ways. First, it can insulate agencies from policy demands from political overseers in Congress and the executive branch. Second, agency structure can shape the range of available options from which agencies can select policy. In this article, we present a novel empirical approach that evaluates both types of effects by modeling the mean and variance of agencies' policy decisions. Analyses of US distributive program spending across 10 congre...
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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: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...