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作者：Knox, Claire Connolly
作者单位：State University System of Florida; University of Central Florida
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作者：Mergel, Ines; Rethemeyer, R. Karl; Isett, Kimberley
作者单位：University of Konstanz; State University of New York (SUNY) System; University at Albany, SUNY; University System of Georgia; Georgia Institute of Technology
摘要：This article offers an overview of the conceptual, substantive, and practical issues surrounding big data to provide one perspective on how the field of public affairs can successfully cope with the big data revolution. Big data in public affairs refers to a combination of administrative data collected through traditional means and large-scale data sets created by sensors, computer networks, or individuals as they use the Internet. In public affairs, new opportunities for real-time insights in...
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作者：Wray, Lyle D.
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作者：Andersen, Lotte Bogh; Boesen, Andreas; Pedersen, Lene Holm
作者单位：Aarhus University; Aarhus University; Copenhagen Business School
摘要：Performance in public organizations is a key concept that requires clarification. Based on a conceptual review of research published in 10 public administration journals, this article proposes six distinctions to describe the systematic differences in performance criteria : From which stakeholder's perspective is performance being assessed? Are the criteria formal or informal? Are the criteria subjective? Which process focus and product focus do they have, if any? What is the unit of analysis?...
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作者：Chavez, Anna Maria
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作者：Downe, James; Cowell, Richard; Morgan, Karen
作者单位：Cardiff University; Cardiff University; University of Bristol
摘要：Leadership is widely seen as having an important role in fostering ethical conduct in organizations, but the ways in which the actions of leaders intersect with formal ethics regulation in shaping conduct have been little researched. This article examines this issue through a qualitative study of the operation of the ethical framework for English local government, which entailed all councils adopting a code of conduct to regulate the behavior of local politicians. Studying local government pro...
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作者：Fyall, Rachel
作者单位：University of Washington; University of Washington Seattle
摘要：The dramatic increase in public funding for nonprofit organizations has raised concerns about the potential disadvantages of a nonprofit sector that is too reliant on government funding. Using nonprofits to deliver public programs also presents risks for the public sector, but the question of nonprofit policy influence is largely absent from discussions of public-nonprofit service collaborations. The motivation for this article stems from the contradiction between the perceived weakness of pub...
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作者：Lavertu, Stephane
作者单位：University System of Ohio; Ohio State University
摘要：Rapid advances in our ability to collect, analyze, and disseminate information are transforming public administration. This big data revolution presents opportunities for improving the management of public programs, but it also entails some risks. In addition to potentially magnifying well-known problems with public sector performance management-particularly the problem of goal displacement-the widespread dissemination of administrative data and performance information increasingly enables ext...
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作者：Campion, Sonya
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作者：Perry, James L.
作者单位：Indiana University System; Indiana University Bloomington; University of Hong Kong
