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作者：Gill, Jeff; Witko, Christopher
作者单位：Washington University (WUSTL); Saint Louis University
摘要：In this article we describe in detail the Bayesian perspective on statistical inference and demonstrate that it provides a more principled approach to modeling public administration data. Because many datasets in public administration are population-level, one-time unique collections, or descriptive of fluid events, the Bayesian reliance on probability as a description of unknown quantities is a superior paradigm than that borrowed from Frequentist methods in the natural sciences where experim...
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作者：Gade, Daniel M.; Wilkins, Vicky M.
作者单位：United States Department of Defense; United States Army; University System of Georgia; University of Georgia
摘要：The research on representative bureaucracy investigates whether higher levels of representation within public agencies affect policy outcomes. We expand this line of inquiry by examining the effect of symbolic representation on the clients' perceptions of the vocational rehabilitation program administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs. We test the link between passive representation and symbolic representation for Veteran identity. This is one of the first studies to investigate an ide...
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作者：Meier, Kenneth J.; O'Toole, Laurence J., Jr.
作者单位：Texas A&M University System; Texas A&M University College Station; Cardiff University; University System of Georgia; University of Georgia
摘要：In any design science such as public management, the importance of measurement is central to both scholarship and practice. Research built on measures that are not valid or reliable can generate misleading results and produces little value in the world of practice. This article applies measurement theory to administrators' self-perceptions of organizational performance, measures commonly used in the literature. Such measures can be prone to common source bias whereby spurious results are highl...
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作者：Lavertu, Stephane; Moynihan, Donald P.
作者单位：University System of Ohio; Ohio State University; University of Wisconsin System; University of Wisconsin Madison
摘要：The Empirical Implications of Theoretical Models (EITM) initiative in political science aims to improve empirical inquiry by strengthening its theoretical foundations. We review the central features of the initiative, especially its emphasis on the development of empirically useful formal theory and the establishment of a direct link between theory and statistical estimation. We then illustrate the EITM method with an application to a public administration topic. Specifically, we develop a gam...
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作者：Konisky, David M.; Reenock, Christopher
作者单位：Georgetown University; State University System of Florida; Florida State University
摘要：Case selection is ubiquitous in public management research. Rarely do scholars have access to entire populations of interest. Yet, the manner by which scholars select samples to conduct their analyses can have profound consequences on their ability both to draw valid causal inferences and to estimate accurate relationships. In this article, we review the basic threats to inference that are likely to emerge in the presence of non-random case selection, with specific attention to their manifesta...
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作者：Shrestha, Manoj K.
作者单位：University of Idaho
摘要：The added value of self-organized policy networks is widely recognized, but how they impact outcomes is less well understood. This article extends the existing literature on networks and collaborative performance by analyzing the effect of network capital on policy outcomes in a developing country, Nepal. A study of the collaborative Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Program (RWSSP) in Nepal shows that village communities' success in getting RWSSP funds for their projects depends on their ties...
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作者：Morgeson, Forrest V., III
摘要：Recent research on citizen satisfaction with government services has examined the expectancy-disconfirmation model (EDM), a model suggesting that satisfaction judgments are formed through a cognitive process relating prior expectations to perceived performance and the confirmation or disconfirmation of expectations relative to performance. The results of these studies have been promising and largely supportive of the application of this model to the domain of government services, helping to cl...
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作者：Lewis, Gregory B.
作者单位：University System of Georgia; Georgia State University
摘要：Government preference for military veterans in hiring, a means to honor them for their service and sacrifices, potentially conflicts with other values of the public service, including its diversity and quality. Census data for 1990, 2000, and 2006-2009 show that veterans are at least three times as likely to hold federal jobs as, but only 10% more likely to hold state and local government jobs than, comparable individuals without military service. Veterans' preference has substantially increas...
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作者：Zhu, Ling
作者单位：University of Houston System; University of Houston
摘要：Panel data analysis has become a popular tool for researchers in public policy and public administration. Combining information from both spatial and temporal dimensions, panel data allow researchers to use repeated observations of the same units (e.g., government agencies, public organizations, public managers, etc.), and could increase both quantity and quality of the empirical information. Nonetheless, practices of choosing different panel model specifications are not always guided by subst...
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作者：Bertelli, Anthony M.; Lewis, David E.
作者单位：University of Southern California; Vanderbilt University
摘要：Executive turnover influences agency performance, policy implementation, and ultimately the success of legislative delegations. We argue that turnover intention is a function of labor market opportunities specifically, outside employment opportunities and the acquisition of nontransferable, agency-specific human capital as well as perceptions about the way in which political decisions have affected federal executive influence over policymaking. Statistical evidence for these claims is provided...
