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作者:Garrow, Eve E.
作者单位:University of Michigan System; University of Michigan
摘要:In an era of privatization, government-nonprofit relations largely determine the face of social provision. Yet, little is known about the organizational factors that influence the receipt of government allocations by nonprofit human service organizations. This study examines how the institutional and ecological environments under which nonprofit human services operate along with the political and economic actions they take shape receipt of government funding. Using a probability sample of nonp...
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作者:Moulton, Stephanie; Feeney, Mary K.
作者单位:University System of Ohio; Ohio State University; University of Illinois System; University of Illinois Chicago; University of Illinois Chicago Hospital
摘要:In the United States, housing policies focused on assisting low-income families toward homeownership have resulted in the creation of publicly subsidized affordable mortgage programs. Private lenders and their employees (loan originators) are often the key point of contact to connect low-income borrowers to public programs. But why would loan originators offer borrowers public loan programs, particularly when such programs provide no additional (and sometimes reduced) direct financial compensa...
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作者:Jun, Kyu-Nahm; Weare, Christopher
作者单位:University of Southern California; Wayne State University
摘要:This article examines the institutional motivations underlying innovation. Although attention to motivation played a role in early theorizing on innovation, the phenomenon is understudied empirically. A clearer understanding of the relative importance of differing institutional motivations can illuminate why public organizations adopting innovative strategies and programs often fail to replicate the benefits of earlier implementations. We draw on organizational and political theory to identify...
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作者:Kim, Sangmook
摘要:Public service motivation (PSM) is perceived as a multidimensional construct, as an overall, unobserved latent variable with various latent dimensions. The present study focuses on the relationships between PSM and its dimensions. The purposes in this study are to confirm a set of revised items as indicators of a rational base of PSM, to compare a four-factor model with various three-factor models, and to analyze whether PSM is defined as a formative or a reflective measurement model. Using su...
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作者:Henry, Adam Douglas; Lubell, Mark; McCoy, Michael
作者单位:West Virginia University; University of California System; University of California Davis
摘要:This article uses exponential random graph models to investigate the roles of policy-relevant beliefs and social capital as drivers of network structure. The advocacy coalition framework argues that actors with similar policy beliefs are more likely to form coalitions, leading to policy subsystems fragmented into ideological groups. Social capital is defined as trust and norms of reciprocity, which helps cement cooperative relationships. Hypotheses are tested using survey data of policy elites...
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作者:Georgellis, Yannis; Iossa, Elisabetta; Tabvuma, Vurain
作者单位:Bournemouth University; Brunel University; University of Rome Tor Vergata
摘要:Employing intrinsically motivated individuals has been proposed as a means of improving public sector performance. In this article, we investigate whether intrinsic motivation affects the sorting of employees between the private and the public sectors, paying particular attention to whether extrinsic rewards crowd out intrinsic motivation. Using British longitudinal data, we find that individuals are attracted to the public sector by the intrinsic rather than the extrinsic rewards that the sec...
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作者:James, Oliver
作者单位:University of Exeter
摘要:There has been a massive expansion in published information about the performance of bodies delivering public services but little research about the effects on citizens. Research on information and political participation suggests that information cues allow citizens to economize on the need for full information, influencing their perceptions and attitudes and helping them hold democratic governments to account. This article uses field and laboratory experiments with random allocation to citiz...