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作者：Koop, Christel
作者单位：University of London; King's College London
摘要：Public organizations are not only subject to statutory obligations to give account, but they also commit themselves voluntarily to additional accountability practices. What motivates the organizations to do so? After all, such practices are costly to the organizations in a number of ways. This study argues that public organizations opt for voluntary accountability for two main reasons: they regard it as an appropriate practice and they respond to perceived legislative threats. Building on thes...
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作者：Fraussen, Bert
作者单位：University of Antwerp
摘要：To understand dynamics within communities of organized interests, researchers have primarily studied organizational births and deaths. The organizational development of established interest organizations has received far less attention. This article claims that the evolution of interest groups' organizational features is strongly affected by evolving resource dependencies with the state. A life-history case study of an environmental interest organization is used to substantiate this argument e...
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作者：Anderfuhren-Biget, Simon; Varone, Frederic; Giauque, David
作者单位：University of Geneva; University of Lausanne
摘要：This article analyzes whether and to what extent the policy environment of civil servants has an impact on their level of Public Service Motivation (PSM). It hypothesizes that public employees working in different policy domains and stages of the policy cycle are diversely motivated by four PSM orientations (Compassion, Commitment to the public interest, Self-sacrifice and Attraction to politics). The empirical results are based on a survey of 6885 Swiss civil servants. They show that those in...
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作者：Greer, Scott L.; Wilson, Iain; Stewart, Ellen; Donnelly, Peter D.
作者单位：University of Michigan System; University of Michigan; University of Edinburgh; University of Edinburgh; University of St Andrews
摘要：In representative democracies most public administration is actually directed by unelected appointees. These appointees are accountable to voters only indirectly through a minister. In Scotland, many decisions on healthcare provision are made by regional health boards. The Scottish government authorized experimental elections to two of these health boards in the hope of democratizing health service administration. Our research uncovered many unexpected consequences of holding direct elections ...
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作者：Kroll, Alexander; Vogel, Dominik
作者单位：University of Potsdam
摘要：This article examines the use of performance information by public managers. It conceptualizes purposeful data use as a type of extra-role behaviour which requires additional effort on the part of the managers and which is not extrinsically rewarded. The article sheds light on one potential antecedent of performance information use - the motivation of the users. It argues that we can observe high levels of data use if managers driven by public service motivation (PSM) work under transformation...
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作者：Tummers, Lars
作者单位：Erasmus University Rotterdam - Excl Erasmus MC; Erasmus University Rotterdam
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作者：Ysa, Tamyko; Sierra, Vicenta; Esteve, Marc
作者单位：Universitat Ramon Llull; Escuela Superior de Administracion y Direccion de Empresas (ESADE); Copenhagen Business School; University of London; University College London
摘要：The literature on network management is extensive. However, it generally explores network structures, neglecting the impact of management strategies. In this article we assess the effect of management strategies on network outcomes, providing empirical evidence from 119 urban revitalization networks. We go beyond current work by testing a path model for the determinants of network outcomes and considering the interactions between the constructs: management strategies, trust, complexity, and fa...
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作者：Chen, Chung-An; Hsieh, Chih-Wei; Chen, Don-Yun
作者单位：Nanyang Technological University; University of New Mexico; National Chengchi University
摘要：The existing literature addressing antecedents of public service motivation (PSM) focuses on personal predisposition and institutional shaping. The authors offer a focus that differs from previous studies, arguing that workplace trust as a result of human interaction and personal choice has a bearing on PSM. It is postulated that public managers' trust in citizens, trust in colleagues, and trust in agency leaders enhance their PSM. The authors test this proposition by using data collected from...
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作者：Andrews, Rhys; Boyne, George A.
作者单位：Cardiff University; Cardiff University; Cardiff University
摘要：The task complexity and size of public service organizations are arguably key determinants of the proportion of resources devoted to administration. Moreover, the combined effect of these two variables is also likely to have important implications for the scale of the administrative function. To explore the separate and combined effects of task complexity and size on administrative intensity in public service organizations, we examine the determinants of the relative proportion of resources al...
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作者：'t Hart, Paul
作者单位：Utrecht University
