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作者：Brewer, Gene A.; Walker, Richard M.
作者单位：University System of Georgia; University of Georgia; University of Hong Kong; Cardiff University
摘要：This study investigates the impact of red tape on governmental performance in the context of English local government. Both the red tape and performance constructs are multidimensional, so relationships between the concepts and their several dimensions are examined in detail. The results show that different types of red tape have varying impacts on governmental performance but that these effects are somewhat weaker than public management theory and conventional wisdom suggest. Moreover, some t...
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作者：Foldy, Erica Gabrielle; Buckley, Tamara R.
作者单位：New York University; City University of New York (CUNY) System
摘要：Ample research documents the ubiquity of routines in street-level practice. Some individual-level and organizational-level research has explored how to break street-level routines, but little has looked at the work group level. Our study observed teams of state child welfare workers over 2.5 years, documenting whether they discarded old routines and learned new ones. Results suggest that team characteristics such as clear direction and reflective behaviors had greater influence on team learnin...
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作者：van Witteloostuijn, Arjen; de Jong, Gjalt
作者单位：University of Groningen; University of Antwerp
摘要：To date, quantitative assessments of the evolution of national rules have only rarely been conducted, leaving many questions ill-understood and unaddressed, particularly as to the features of rule stock evolution patterns. Can such patterns be traced, and if so, can the underlying causal mechanisms be identified? This article will address these questions. The premise is that forces endogenous to the rule system, inherent to any population of national rules, together with the demographic charac...
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作者：Damanpour, Fariborz; Schneider, Marguerite
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作者：Witko, Christopher; Newmark, Adam J.
作者单位：University of North Carolina; Appalachian State University; Saint Louis University
摘要：Many scholars have argued that there are strong incentives for states to spend less money on redistributive or consumption programs, such as welfare, and more on developmental or investment programs, such as highways. Yet, over the last few decades, the proportion of state budgets allocated to expenditures intended to develop human and physical capital, specifically education and highways, has declined. In real terms, spending on virtually every government program has increased but expenditure...
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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：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：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...
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作者：Nowell, Branda
作者单位：North Carolina State University
摘要：In an effort to deal with complex community issues in a more comprehensive and cohesive manner, communities have increasingly created locally based interorganizational entities, referred to here as community collaboratives. Community collaboratives are comprised of representatives from multiple organizations and public agencies who meet regularly for the purpose of identifying and implementing strategies for improving their community's response to a specific issue of public concern. This artic...
