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作者:Vercesi, Michelangelo
作者单位:Leuphana University Luneburg
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作者:Malatesta, Deanna; Smith, Craig R.
作者单位:Indiana University System; Indiana University Indianapolis; University of Arizona
摘要:The fiscal landscape continues to challenge public and nonprofit managers. Against this backdrop, public and nonprofit managers look for new strategies to address the challenges associated with limited resources. Resource dependence theory provides valuable guidance for managers who want to understand the considerations and consequences relevant to different types of interorganizational partnering. In this article, the theory's core ideas are described, along with three common strategies or ta...
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作者:Neshkova, Milena I.
作者单位:State University System of Florida; Florida State University
摘要:Allocation of public resources is an area in which considerations of both economic efficiency and democratic legitimacy are likely to be present. Public administrators are often blamed for being too devoted to the norms of bureaucratic ethos, such as efficiency, effectiveness, and top-down control, and less so to the norms of democratic ethos, such as inclusiveness and bottom-up decision making. This article examines whether managers in agencies with greater budget autonomy are more likely to ...
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作者:Ward, Kevin D.
作者单位:Seattle University
摘要:The public service motivation literature has helped scholars and practitioners better understand who is attracted to public service and why. However, little is understood about how public service motivation in individuals may be cultivated or how it changes over time. This article uses panel data collected by the Corporation for National and Community Service to track the longitudinal effects of participation in the AmeriCorps national service program on participants' public service motivation...
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作者:Duffy, Michael Thomas
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作者:Lawton, Alan; Macaulay, Michael
作者单位:Monash University; Victoria University Wellington
摘要:This article examines how, against a background of localism endorsed by the 2010 coalition government in the United Kingdom, a key component of local integrity and governance was fundamentally altered. The Localism Act 2011 abolished the English local integrity framework, which relied on the participation of local citizens in the policy making and implementation of local government standards of conduct. The article utilizes Henrik Bang's concepts of expert citizen and everyday maker to explore...