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作者：Feeney, Mary K.
作者单位：University of Illinois System; University of Illinois Chicago; University of Illinois Chicago Hospital
摘要：Multiple public administration survey research projects have asked respondents to assess the level of red tape in their organizations. Many of these surveys use the following questionnaire item: If red tape is defined as 'burdensome rules and procedures that have negative effects on the organization's effectiveness,' how would you assess the level of red tape in your organization? Unfortunately, no research has tested the ways in which the language used in this item may bias responses. This re...
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作者：Malatesta, Deanna
作者单位：Indiana University System; Indiana University Indianapolis
摘要：The article reviews the relevant theory and research linking information and bargaining efficiency and presents results of an analysis of negotiation times associated with 290 franchise renewal agreements. Data reveal three main findings: (1) information revealing a history of poor performance by the supplier resulted in a 74% increase in negotiation time, (2) a 1% increase in the value of a contract increased negotiation time by 18%, and (3) the participation of an expert resulted in a 24% de...
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作者：Fryar, Alisa Hicklin; Hawes, Daniel P.
作者单位：University of Oklahoma System; University of Oklahoma - Norman; University System of Ohio; Kent State University; Kent State University Salem; Kent State University Kent
摘要：Although diversity has been considered a vital component in higher education over the past several decades, little research-theoretical or empirical-has rigorously examined the determinants of minority enrollments in higher education. By drawing on literature across several fields, this article helps close this gap by testing competing theoretical explanations for minority enrollments in American public colleges and universities. We examine African-American and Latino freshman enrollments for ...
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作者：Moynihan, Donald P.; Pandey, Sanjay K.; Wright, Bradley E.
作者单位：University of Wisconsin System; University of Wisconsin Madison; Rutgers University System; Rutgers University Newark; University of North Carolina; University of North Carolina Charlotte
摘要：The article offers a theory of how leadership affects the implementation of management reforms. The central premise of this theory is that leadership can have important but easy-to-miss indirect effects on organizational factors that shape reform outcomes. To test this question, we examine how transformational leadership influences the implementation of performance reforms, using performance information use as a dependent variable. Previous research suggests that leadership can affect how perf...
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作者：Yackee, Susan Webb
作者单位：University of Wisconsin System; University of Wisconsin Madison
摘要：Scholars generally agree that interest groups are active and at times influential during the notice and comment period of regulatory policymaking (or rulemaking). But current research often ignores the agenda setting that may take place during the pre-proposal stage of rulemaking. During proposal development, interest groups may lobby to: (1) influence the content of proposed regulations or (2) block items from the regulatory agenda altogether. This article focuses on ex parte lobbying-off the...
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作者：Stensoeta, Helena O.
作者单位：Linnaeus University
摘要：A basic principle of good government is that politics should be restricted to the input side, whereas the bureaucracy should operate independently of political considerations. However, previous literature documents an implementation gap between unitary political aims and varied local outcomes, which occasionally can be attributed to political reasons; both bureaucratic ideology and that local political constituencies can shape implementation and affect outcome. So far, however, research has ne...
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作者：Rabovsky, Thomas M.
作者单位：University of Oklahoma System; University of Oklahoma - Norman
摘要：In recent years, performance-based accountability regimes have become increasingly prevalent throughout government. One area where this has received considerable attention in recent years is higher education, where many states have adopted funding policies that seek to tie institutional funding to objective measures of performance. To what extent have these policies been effective tools for restructuring financial incentives and exerting influence over administrative behavior? Using data from ...
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作者：Nicholson-Crotty, Jill; Miller, Susan M.
作者单位：University of Missouri System; University of Missouri Columbia; Oklahoma State University System; Oklahoma State University - Stillwater
摘要：An extensive literature explores the correlates of bureaucratic influence in the implementation of public policy. Considerably less work, however, has investigated the conditions under which bureaucratic actors influence legislative outcomes. In this article, we develop the argument that effectiveness should be a key determinant of bureaucratic influence in the legislative process and identify a set of institutional characteristics that may facilitate or constrain this relationship. We test th...
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作者：Liu, Brooke Fisher; Horsley, J. Suzanne; Yang, Kaifeng
作者单位：University System of Maryland; University of Maryland College Park; University of Alabama System; University of Alabama Tuscaloosa; State University System of Florida; Florida State University
摘要：Public administration scholars often note that government should engage in more effective external communication to improve citizen trust and maintain political legitimacy. An important part of the belief is that more effective communication can lead to more favorable media coverage that ultimately shapes citizen trust in government. However, the link between government communication and media coverage remains empirically untested. Through a survey of 881 government and business communicators,...
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作者：Oosterwaal, Annemarije; Torenvlied, Rene
作者单位：Leiden University; Leiden University - Excl LUMC; Utrecht University
摘要：The question whether political conflict affects the course and outcomes of policy implementation is debated among scholars in public administration. Whereas some scholars emphasize the mediating effects of procedures for political control of bureaucracy, other scholars highlight the actions and preferences of agencies. The present study combines both perspectives and argues that policy divergence is explained by political conflict in interaction with agency preferences. Political conflict is s...
