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作者：Deslatte, Aaron; Swann, William L.
作者单位：Northern Illinois University; University of Colorado System; University of Colorado Denver
摘要：Public administration scholars have argued the need for a 'general theory' linking strategic management to the context in which public organizations operate. Understanding the interplay between organizational contexts and strategic management responses to urban sprawl and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions remains an underexplored avenue for empirical advancement of this goal. Using 2015 survey data, we employ a novel Bayesian item response theory (IRT) approach to test how land use policy compreh...
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作者：Christensen, Johan; van den Bekerom, Petra; van der Voet, Joris
作者单位：Leiden University - Excl LUMC; Leiden University
摘要：The article addresses an issue that has received little attention in the literature on representative bureaucracy, namely the relationship between representativeness and specialized expertise in public administration. While representation may strengthen the legitimacy of public bureaucracies, what implications does it have for expert knowledge in these organizations? This issue is examined by looking at the recruitment of civil servants to the European Commission, an international bureaucracy ...
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作者：Gouglas, Athanassios; Brans, Marleen; Jaspers, Sylke
作者单位：KU Leuven
摘要：The article investigates the substantive and dimensional aspect of advisers' policy work in the cabinets of European Commissioners. Advisers' roles are mapped using Connaughton's (2010a) typology of four adviser types and Maley's (2015) framework of three arenas. Using data collected via a survey and follow-up face-to-face interviews with European Commissioner cabinet advisers in the Juncker Commission in 2015, it is shown that the majority of those agents perform policy coordination and polit...
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作者：Silva, Patricia
作者单位：Universidade de Aveiro
摘要：This article aims to contribute to the current debate regarding the role of political advisers in Portugal. It does so by empirically analysing appointments to positions within ministers' private offices, specifying when and why such advice is sought and accepted by ministers. Multivariate analysis is complemented with elite perspectives on the roles of ministerial advisers. Results suggest that parties in government appoint political advisers to ministers' private offices as a strategy to leg...
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作者：Foster, Chase M.
作者单位：Harvard University
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作者：Jensen, Mads Dagnis
作者单位：Roskilde University
摘要：This study explores the coordination mechanisms managed by the central governments of the European Union (EU) in order to develop negotiation positions for their plenipotentiaries in the Council. Utilizing novel data from an expert survey, the first part examines the relationships within and between the structures and processes of EU coordination, the actors involved, and the mechanisms' efficacy. The analysis shows that highly formalized coordination mechanisms are associated with developing ...
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作者：Kroll, Alexander
作者单位：State University System of Florida; Florida International University
摘要：Performance management has been criticized for harming or, at best, ignoring social equity outcomes. While there is evidence suggesting that performance management fosters an emphasis on efficiency and effectiveness at the expense of other public values, we are still in search of a theory linking performance management to social equity. The article takes a first step towards the development of such a theory and proposes the importance of contingency factors. It argues that managerial performan...
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作者：Cyan, Musharraf Rasool; Pasha, Obed
作者单位：University System of Georgia; Georgia State University; University System of Ohio; Cleveland State University
摘要：Job rotation is an important tool in public administration that is used to enhance learning and diversify experience among employees, while reducing opportunities for rent-seeking behaviour. The benefits of job rotation, however, may be reduced if carried out too frequently or for narrow partisan reasons. Frequent transfers and postings in a civil service characterized by life-long contracts negatively impact on-the-job learning, accountability for results, and incentives to acquire skills. Th...
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作者：Pedersen, Mogens Jin; Stritch, Justin M.; Taggart, Gabel
作者单位：Arizona State University; Arizona State University-Downtown Phoenix
摘要：This article expands our knowledge of how variation in public administrative processes affects citizen perceptions of procedural fairness (CPPF). Focusing on a specific administrative processthe selection and hiring processwe use a survey experimental design among 823 US citizens and examine the effect of a public hiring process involving the appearance of advocacy from an applicant's social contacts on CPPF. Moreover, we theoretically and empirically examine the moderating effects of two psyc...
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作者：Bunea, Adriana; Ibenskas, Raimondas
作者单位：University of Southampton
摘要：Regulatory reforms labelled 'Better Regulation' are a prominent item on the political agendas of most advanced democracies and the European Union. Governments adopt Better Regulation measures to strengthen their democratic legitimacy and increase their regulatory and economic effectiveness. Notwithstanding their rhetorical appeal, their design and implementation are susceptible to high levels of political contestation. We therefore ask: are there systematic differences in stakeholders' demands...
