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作者：Lambright, W. Henry
作者单位：Syracuse University; Syracuse University
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作者：Sun, Rusi; Henderson, Alexander C.
作者单位：University of Michigan System; University of Michigan Dearborn; Long Island University; Long Island University Post
摘要：Leaders are essential actors in public performance improvement and organizational change. However, a key question has not been adequately addressed in prior literature on the topic: how do leadership processes make a difference? Using data on New York City public schools, this article explores the organizational mechanisms by which a specific form of principal's leadership-transformational leadership-influences objective organizational outcomes as measured by standardized test scores. The empi...
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作者：Christensen, Robert K.; Paarlberg, Laurie; Perry, James L.
作者单位：Brigham Young University; Texas A&M University System; Texas A&M University College Station; Bush School of Government & Public Service; Indiana University System; Indiana University Bloomington
摘要：Public service motivation research has proliferated in parallel with concerns about how to improve the performance of public service personnel. However, scholarship does not always inform management and leadership. This article purposefully reviews public service motivation research since 2008 to determine the extent to which researchers have identified lessons for practice. The results of the investigation support several lessons-among them using public service motivation as a selection tool,...
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作者：Mergel, Ines
作者单位：University of Konstanz
摘要：Social media measurement is important for understanding an organization's reach and engagement with its audiences. In response to Warren Kagarise and Staci M. Zavattaro's question about what works in social media measurement, this article discusses how public administration researchers and practitioners are using social media data that they can easily collect from social media platforms and contrasts these practices with data measurement efforts that can provide deeper insights for evidence-ba...
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作者：Petrovsky, Nicolai; James, Oliver; Moseley, Alice; Boyne, George A.
作者单位：University of Kentucky; University of Exeter; University of Exeter; Cardiff University
摘要：There are a number of influences on how long an agency head serves. The importance of particular influences, in turn, depends on the prospective destination of the agency head: elsewhere in the public sector, the private sector, or retirement. The authors estimate survival models of agency heads' tenure using panel data on British central government executive agencies from 1989 to 2012. Findings suggest that chief executives of poorly performing agencies are encouraged to retire sooner. There ...
