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作者：Hou, Yilin; Smith, Daniel L.
作者单位：University System of Georgia; University of Georgia; New York University
摘要：Both formal rules and informal norms guide government operations; formal rules often function through informal norms. Balanced budget requirements (BBRs) are formal rules, but they are implemented via the intermediary of informal norms-interpretation of BBRs by state officials. This article examines the fiscal implications of informal norms that govern budgetary balance. We propose that informal norms have substantive implications in policy making and implementation. To test the proposition, w...
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作者：Milward, H. Brinton; Provan, Keith G.; Fish, Amy; Isett, Kimberley R.; Huang, Kun
作者单位：University of Arizona; Columbia University; University of New Mexico
摘要：This article presents a comparative analysis of the evolution of two community mental health networks that both have similar contracts from the State of Arizona. One of the networks is governed by a for-profit firm that buys needed services from a network of largely nonprofit agencies. The other network is governed by a community-based nonprofit that contracts with four separate nonprofit agencies to provide services directly or through a network of other providers, most of which are nonprofit...
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作者：Krueathep, Weerasak; Riccucci, Norma M.; Suwanmala, Charas
作者单位：Chulalongkorn University; Rutgers University System; Rutgers University New Brunswick
摘要：There is a small, although well-established body of literature examining network performance and accountability. In addition, there are relatively few studies which examine potential factors for determining network formation. The current study provides a systematic analysis of network formation determinants. A logistic regression model is constructed to explain the probability of network formation; five major groups of explanatory variables are included: institutional, programmatic, managerial...
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作者：Pitts, David W.; Hicklin, Alisa K.; Hawes, Daniel P.; Melton, Erin
作者单位：American University; University of Oklahoma System; University of Oklahoma - Norman; University System of Ohio; Kent State University; Kent State University Salem; Kent State University Kent; Texas A&M University System; Texas A&M University College Station
摘要：As the diversity of the US workforce continues to increase at a rapid pace, public managers are facing pressure to create organizational cultures that permit employees from different backgrounds to succeed. A typical managerial response to this diversity has been the implementation of a formal diversity management program. Although limited empirical research has considered links between diversity management activity and organizational performance, very little research has examined the factors ...
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作者：Schalk, Jelmer; Torenvlied, Rene; Allen, Jim
作者单位：Utrecht University; Maastricht University
摘要：Current research in public management reports a positive effect of agency network activity in the interorganizational network on its performance (degree centrality hypothesis). This study presents a different hypothesis: The embeddedness of agency network relations in cohesive subgroups in the interorganizational network positively affects its performance (cohesive subgroup hypothesis). The dependent variable in the present study is organizational performance and measured in terms of individua...
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作者：Cline, Kurt
作者单位：California State University System; California State University Fresno
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作者：Wright, Bradley E.; Pandey, Sanjay K.
作者单位：University of North Carolina; University of North Carolina Charlotte; University of Kansas
摘要：This study contributes to our understanding of leadership in public sector organizations by investigating the effect of organizational structure on the transformational leadership practices of municipal chief administrative officers. Using data from a national survey of senior managers in local government, the findings of this study suggest a number of possible explanations for why public sector organizations exhibit higher levels of transformational leadership than what scholars traditionally...
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作者：Boyne, George; Hood, Christopher
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作者：Heinrich, Carolyn J.; Lynn, Laurence E., Jr.; Milward, H. Brinton
作者单位：University of Wisconsin System; University of Wisconsin Madison; University of Texas System; University of Texas Austin; University of Arizona
摘要：We address focal questions about the growth of third-party government and new forms or tools of governance and the extent and impact of their increasing use to implement public policy and the Public will. Our goal is to sharpen this discussion by bringing empirical evidence to bear on key arguments and assertions in the debate. In particular, along with the other contributors to this journal issue, we look for evidence that government control and democratic responsiveness are loosening and tha...
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作者：Jokisaari, Markku; Vuori, Jukka
作者单位：Finnish Institute of Occupational Health
摘要：The effects of organizational networks on adoption behavior may vary over time in response to institutional environments. We found support for this argument in an analysis of the diffusion of a job search training program among Finnish employment offices. The results indicated that the adoption behavior of collaborative organizations and brokerage position in the local network were related to early adoption of the program. The results further showed that the adoption behavior of structurally e...
