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作者：van Loon, Nina M.
作者单位：Aarhus University
摘要：Decades of research on red tape have still to provide final answers as to whether red tape reduces performance. This may be due to not distinguishing the different dimensions that public service performance consists of. Shifting the focus to rules and their characteristics, this study analyses how the degree of compliance burden and lack of functionality of rules relates to overall and dimensional public performance. Building upon the argument that red tape reduces resources and motivation and...
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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：Persson, Thomas; Parker, Charles F.; Widmalm, Sten
作者单位：Uppsala University
摘要：In this article, we investigate whether differences in social trust and impartial public administration have an impact on public confidence in EU crisis management institutions. Our assessment is based on a cross-country comparison using aggregate country-level data of the member states in the European Union. Earlier studies on the EU as a crisis manager have not carefully studied to what extent differences in social trust and administrative culture may or may not matter. Our analysis shows th...
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作者：Ma, Liang
作者单位：Renmin University of China; Nanyang Technological University
摘要：Despite the fact that performance management has been ubiquitously adopted in the public sector across the world today, there is limited and inconclusive evidence that it improves citizen satisfaction with the government. In this article, we use survey data and multilevel modelling to analyse the effects of multiple performance management components on citizens' perceptions of government performance across 19 major cities in China. The results reveal that performance management does have a pos...
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作者：Starke, Peter
作者单位：University of Southern Denmark
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作者：Andrews, Rhys; Boyne, George; Mostafa, Ahmed Mohammed Sayed
作者单位：Cardiff University; Cardiff University; University of Warwick
摘要：Administrative intensity is arguably a major determinant of public service performance. Although a large administrative function might constitute a bureaucratic burden, it could also enable organizations to better coordinate key activities. In particular, administrative intensity may strengthen or weaken the performance effects of other key organizational characteristics, such as size and task complexity. To explore these ideas, we analyse the separate and combined effects of administrative in...
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作者：Corbett, Jack; Howard, Cosmo
作者单位：University of Southampton; Griffith University
摘要：Agency size is generally assumed to be positively correlated with survival: the bigger an agency, the less likely it is to be terminated. Yet, recent research finds a very small effect of size on survival. The reason, we argue, is that it only addresses size in terms of overall operating budget-what this article calls objective size. By contrast, we use an interpretive historicist approach to show how perceived size-the meanings and beliefs of key actors concerning an agency's size-affects ter...
