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作者：Provan, Keith G.; Huang, Kun; Milward, H. Brinton
作者单位：University of Arizona; Tilburg University; University of New Mexico; University of Arizona
摘要：This research examines the effects, over time, of network embeddedness, on three organizationally based social outcomes. We argue that in a centralized, publicly funded but mixed sector health and human services network, an organization's structural embeddedness in the network, as measured by its centrality, will be related to its trustworthiness, reputation, and influence, as rated by other network members, and that this relationship will strengthen over time as the system matures. We also ex...
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作者：Martin, Graham P.; Currie, Graeme; Finn, Rachael
作者单位：University of Nottingham
摘要：In attempting to reform public services, governments worldwide have sought to effect change through policies aimed at both transforming structures of public-service provision and facilitating the agency of public servants working within these. Various obstacles have been found, however, to impede the effectiveness of such efforts. In this article, the authors examine the role of organizational networks and distributed leadership-two prominent policies aimed at structure and agency, respectivel...
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作者：Carroll, Deborah A.; Stater, Keely Jones
作者单位：University System of Georgia; University of Georgia; University of Connecticut
摘要：This article investigates whether revenue diversification leads to greater stability in the revenue structures of nonprofit organizations. Our findings suggest that nonprofits can indeed reduce their revenue volatility through diversification, particularly by equalizing their reliance on earned income, investments, and contributions. This positive effect of diversification on revenue stability implies that a diversified portfolio encourages more stable revenues and consequently could promote g...
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作者：Kim, Sangmook
摘要：Public service motivation (PSM) assumes that civil servants are characterized by an ethic to serve the public. Perry identified a multidimensional scale to measure PSM with four components: attraction to policy making (APM), commitment to public interest, compassion, and self-sacrifice. But there is little research on the generalizability and applicability of the dimensions and scale of PSM in the other countries. This study tests whether the structure of PSM observed in the United States by P...
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作者：Kwon, Myungjung; Berry, Frances S.; Feiock, Richard C.
作者单位：University of North Carolina; University of North Carolina Wilmington; State University System of Florida; Florida State University
摘要：Local governments in the United States have adopted a variety of economic development tools and strategies to revitalize and compete. This research considers two questions. First, what factors influenced early and late adopters of strategic economic development policy tools, and second, how are the factors that influence policy adoption in the latter period of time different from the factors that influence early adoption? The article develops a framework developed from literatures in strategic...
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作者：Percival, Garrick L.
作者单位：University of Minnesota System; University of Minnesota Duluth
摘要：The network theme has emerged as an important component of public management and public policy research. Previous inquiries into policy networks have often relied on a limited number of cases making it difficult to assess the systematic influence of policy network characteristics on policy outputs and outcomes across different contextual environments. Using a study of California's Substance Abuse and Crime Prevention Act (SACPA), this research investigates whether variation in county implement...
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作者：Battaglio, R. Paul, Jr.; Condrey, Stephen E.
作者单位：University of Texas System; University of Texas Dallas; University System of Georgia; University of Georgia
摘要：A factor that has proved important in acceptance of organizational change is the level of organizational and managerial trust. More than 10 years since its passage, civil service reform in Georgia continues to stimulate debate regarding employment at will (EAW) relationships in the public sector. Beginning July 1996, new hires in the Georgia state workforce were designated unclassified, thus serving at the will of public managers. Indeed, the acceptance of EAW in the public workforce may depen...
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作者：Kelman, Steven; Friedman, John N.
作者单位：Harvard University; University of California System; University of California Berkeley
摘要：The literature on the use of performance measurement in government has focused much attention on hypothesized unintended dysfunctional consequences that such measurement may produce. We conceptualize these dysfunctional consequences as involving either effort substitution (reducing effort on nonmeasured performance dimensions) or gaming (making performance on the measured performance dimension appear better, when in fact it is not). In this paper, we examine both performance impacts and dysfun...
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作者：Moynihan, Donald P.
作者单位：University of Wisconsin System; University of Wisconsin Madison
摘要：This article examines the application of a structural innovation known as Incident Command Systems (ICS) in different crises. The ICS seeks to coordinate multiple response organizations under a temporary hierarchical structure. The ICS is of practical interest because it has become the dominant mechanism by which crisis response is organized in the United States. It is of theoretical interest because it provides insights into how a highly centralized mode of network governance operates. Despit...
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作者：Araral, Eduardo
作者单位：National University of Singapore
摘要：Foreign aid plays an important role in developing countries, but little is empirically known how it affects incentives of recipient bureaucracies. I provide a model and analytic case study to understand the strategic games that donors and bureaucrats play. My findings are broadly consistent with the theoretical expectations of institutional rational choice: bureaucrats attempt to ensure bureaucratic survival, whereas donors ensure growth of loan portfolio. These findings, however, are not cons...
