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作者：Appe, Susan; Rubaii, Nadia; Whigham, Kerry
作者单位：State University of New York (SUNY) System; University at Albany, SUNY; State University of New York (SUNY) System; Binghamton University, SUNY
摘要：Mass atrocities constitute a wicked problem that warrants greater attention from public administration scholars. The role bureaucrats have in committing or contributing to mass atrocities is well documented yet bureaucrats also have the potential to play crucial roles in stopping current, preventing future, and responding to past atrocities. Despite the central role of public administrators in mass atrocities and prevention, public administration scholarship is largely silent on such topics, e...
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作者：Belle, Nicola; Cantarelli, Paola
作者单位：Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna
摘要：We draw on the focus theory of normative conduct and nudge theory to experimentally test the effect of descriptive social norms on desired behaviors that public employees may engage in at suboptimal levels, namely, vaccination and help-seeking. Through a series of framed randomized controlled trials with 19,984 public healthcare professionals, we demonstrate that descriptive norms-doing what the majority of others do-trigger conformity. Specifically, employees are more likely to get a flu shot...
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作者：Aaroe, Lene; Baekgaard, Martin; Christensen, Julian; Moynihan, Donald P.
作者单位：Aarhus University; Georgetown University
摘要：While related fields have turned to personality to understand human behavior, we know relatively little about its role and impact in public administration. We review how personality has been studied in public administration and offer an empirical test of how it relates to policymaker attitudes about administrative arrangements. Using the Big Five framework and a sample of elected politicians, we conduct two studies showing how personality is associated with policymaker tolerance of the adminis...
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作者：McCrea, Austin M.
作者单位：American University
摘要：Recent innovations in representative bureaucracy push the theory toward the micro-foundations of who represents and who receives representation. Contributing to the micro theory, I draw from street-level bureaucracy which recognizes how certain client characteristics beyond a shared identity may make representation too costly. Using data on emergency department visits to Florida hospitals, I explore how the impact of physician-patient gender matching on client outcomes is moderated by a patien...
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作者：Malandrino, Anna
作者单位：Harvard University; University of Turin
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作者：Leon-Moreta, Agustin; Totaro, Vittoria R.
作者单位：University of New Mexico
摘要：The central aim of this article is to examine trends in the municipal government workforce in metropolitan (urban) areas. It explores, from a local public economies perspective, how the intergovernmental organization of municipalities influences their workforce capacities. The article situates the local labor market in state-local systems and examines how local governments respond to fragmentation in a metropolitan area. The main finding is that the employment capacity of municipalities varies...
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作者：Brook, Douglas A.
作者单位：Duke University
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作者：Bertelli, Anthony M.; Busuioc, Madalina
作者单位：Pennsylvania Commonwealth System of Higher Education (PCSHE); Pennsylvania State University; Pennsylvania State University - University Park; Leiden University - Excl LUMC; Leiden University
摘要：We explore the democratic implications of a reputational account of bureaucratic authority. While an influential literature has examined the relevance ofreputation-and mutual exchange between principals and agents in public organizations generally-the normative implications of these insights have largely escaped scrutiny. We discuss how reputation-building impacts both the ability and the motivation of principals to oversee administrative policymaking. We argue that reputation-sourced authorit...
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作者：Pfaff, Steven; Crabtree, Charles; Kern, Holger L.; Holbein, John B.
作者单位：University of Washington; University of Washington Seattle; Dartmouth College; State University System of Florida; Florida State University; University of Virginia
摘要：Although public administration scholars have long studied discrimination on the basis of race/ethnicity,class,and gender,little to no research exists on whether street-level bureaucrats provide differential services based on the religious identity of their constituents. This article reports the results from a large-scale correspondence study of street-level bureaucrats in the American public school system. The authors emailed the principals of a large sample of public schools and asked for a m...
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作者：Barnes, Carolyn; Petry, Sarah
作者单位：Duke University
摘要：In recent years, scholars have examined the barriers to accessing public assistance benefits. Research identifies learning, compliance, and psychological costs as deterring program use. Compliance costs reflect the burdens of following program rules, which may entail providing documentation, responding to discretionary demands of bureaucrats, or attending appointments to maintain benefits. Studies identify one element of compliance costs-quarterly appointments-as a barrier to continued WIC par...
