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作者：Grissom, Jason A.; Viano, Samantha L.; Selin, Jennifer L.
作者单位：Vanderbilt University; Vanderbilt University Peabody College; Vanderbilt University; Vanderbilt University Peabody College; University of Illinois System; University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
摘要：Employee turnover is a key area for public administration research, but one about which there is much still to be learned. Insights from an extensive body of research on employee turnover in a specific area of the public sector-public education-contributes to the understanding of employee mobility in public organizations more generally. The authors present a conceptual framework for understanding employee turnover that is grounded in economic theories of labor supply and demand, which have for...
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作者：Gouin-Hart, Michael
作者单位：Boston University
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作者：Einolf, Christopher
作者单位：DePaul University
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作者：Trautman, Rhonda Riherd
作者单位：University of Arizona
摘要：Small-town local governments face unique challenges when it comes to policy making. This essay reviews some of those barriers and considers why they occur and why they are unique to small towns. In addition, it includes some examples of how to overcome these challenges from the perspective of a former mayor, local legislator, and member of the academic community. The essay also explores why traditional theories of public policy implementation often fail to describe policy making at the local l...
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作者：Brinkerhoff, Derick W.; Wetterberg, Anna
作者单位：Research Triangle Institute
摘要：Engaging citizens in holding public officials and service providers accountable, referred to as social accountability, is a popular remedy for public sector performance weaknesses, figuring prominently in many international donor-funded projects and leading to widespread replication. However, the contextual factors that influence the successful transfer of social accountability are debated. Demand-side factors (civil society and citizens) are overemphasized in much of the literature. Yet suppl...
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作者：Conner, Thaddieus W.
作者单位：New Mexico State University
摘要：Public managers must regularly engage and interact with stakeholders in the external environment to deliver meaningful policy outcomes. Examining the motivations behind such behavior is a critical component of understanding management in the modern era. Some studies suggest that actors with similar interests are more likely to form collaborative partnerships. Using an original mail survey of 150 American Indian education directors in public school districts, this article examines how shared id...
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作者：Grandvoinnet, Helene
作者单位：The World Bank
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作者：Ibsen, Marius
作者单位：University of Southern Denmark
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作者：Paarlberg, Laurie E.; Yoshioka, Takayuki
作者单位：Texas A&M University System; Texas A&M University College Station; Bush School of Government & Public Service; Meiji University
摘要：This article explores how local economic structure directly and indirectly affects community philanthropy. Drawing on campaign data for local United Way (UW) affiliates at three points in time (1990, 2000, and 2010), the article tests the degree to which the relationship between economic structure and community philanthropy is mediated through local stocks of human resources and social capital. The results suggest that retail employment and industrial concentration negatively affect local UW c...
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作者：Schmitz, Hans Peter; Mitchell, George E.
作者单位：University of San Diego; City University of New York (CUNY) System; City College of New York (CUNY)
摘要：The majority of the world's population resides in low-and middle-income countries, where the problem of sustainable development is among the most pressing public administration challenges. As principal actors within the international development community, transnational nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) play a leading role in piloting a wide variety of development-focused strategies. During the past decade, many of these transnational NGOs, along with the United Nations, have embraced a rig...
