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作者：Kwon, Sung-Wook; Feiock, Richard C.
作者单位：Texas Tech University System; Texas Tech University; State University System of Florida; Florida State University
摘要：Interlocal cooperation through service-sharing agreements has a long history, but its use has increased in popularity during the last 20 years. The decisions of local government units to collaborate through intergovernmental service agreements are best understood as a two-stage process. The first stage, in which communities decide whether to consider interlocal cooperation, involves the nature of the immediate problem faced plus specific demands for performance and efficiency gains that can re...
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作者：Lamb, Charles M.; Wilk, Eric M.
作者单位：State University of New York (SUNY) System; University at Buffalo, SUNY; University System of Georgia; University of Georgia
摘要：Some theorists argue that cooperative intergovernmental relations are critical to policy implementation in the United States. This assertion is explored in the context of fair housing enforcement by comparing favorable administrative outcomes in fair housing complaints at the federal, state, and local levels from 1989 to 2004. What conclusions can be drawn from this systematic comparison of intergovernmental enforcement in one policy area over an extended period of time? First, cooperative fed...
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作者：Choi, Sungjoo; Rainey, Hal G.
作者单位：University System of Georgia; Kennesaw State University; University System of Georgia; University of Georgia
摘要：Diversity in the workplace is a central issue for contemporary organizational management. Concomitantly, managing increased diversity deserves greater concern in public, private, and nonprofit organizations. The authors address the effects of diversity and diversity management on employee perceptions of organizational performance in U.S. federal agencies by developing measures of three variables: diversity, diversity management, and perceived organizational performance. Drawing from the Centra...
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作者：Yang, Kaifeng
作者单位：State University System of Florida; Florida State University
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作者：Maranto, Robert
作者单位：University of Arkansas System; University of Arkansas Fayetteville
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作者：Gazley, Beth; Chang, Won Kyung; Bingham, Lisa Blomgren
作者单位：Indiana University System; Indiana University Bloomington; Indiana University System; Indiana University Bloomington
摘要：Does board diversity or representativeness influence organizational performance? Though it is understudied in both the public and the nonprofit sectors, learning more about this critical subject can enhance organizational performance within highly collaborative settings. Community mediation centers, which rely on multiple public and private resources to meet their programmatic objectives, provide excellent case studies for analyzing the impact of different kinds of interorganizational linkages...
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作者：Edwards, Daniel (David), Jr.; Darnall, Nicole
作者单位：George Mason University; University of North Carolina; University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
摘要：Today, more regulatory provisions are in place for protecting low-income minority populations who shoulder a disproportionate amount of environmental risk. Recognized as communities of environmental justice, industrial facilities located within these areas bear greater legal liabilities for and societal scrutiny of their environmental impacts. The authors off er compelling evidence that, in an effort to avoid regulatory and societal claims that they are disproportionately harming minority and ...
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作者：Walker, Richard M.; Andrews, Rhys; Boyne, George A.; Meier, Kenneth J.; O'Toole, Laurence J., Jr.
作者单位：University of Hong Kong; University of Hong Kong; Cardiff University; Cardiff University; Cardiff University; Texas A&M University System; Texas A&M University College Station; University System of Georgia; University of Georgia
摘要：New empirical evidence suggests that service performance is shaped by the strategies adopted by public organizations and the networking behavior of public managers. Strategy captures two central behavioral aspects of public organizations: the way in which objectives and actions are selected (processes), and an organization's approach to service delivery (content). Networking is similarly concerned with the behavior of public managers as they interact with others. These twin themes are linked i...
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作者：Forrer, John; Kee, James Edwin; Newcomer, Kathryn E.; Boyer, Eric
作者单位：George Washington University; George Washington University; George Washington University; George Washington University
摘要：Public-private partnerships (PPPs) are growing in popularity as a governing model for delivery of public goods and services. PPPs have existed since the Roman Empire, but their expansion into traditional public projects today raises serious questions about public accountability. This article examines public accountability and its application to government and private firms involved in PPPs. An analytical framework is proposed for assessing the extent to which PPPs provide (or will provide) goo...
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作者：Barnow, Burt S.; Heinrich, Carolyn J.
作者单位：Johns Hopkins University; University of Wisconsin System; University of Wisconsin Madison
摘要：Despite the wide-ranging use of performance measures within the public sector and the growing use of performance bonuses to recognize performance achievements, the use of formal performance standards adjustment procedures in public performance measurement systems is relatively rare. Burt S. Barnow of Johns Hopkins University and Carolyn J. Heinrich of the University of Wisconsin-Madison set forth the basic arguments in favor of and against the use of formal or informal procedures for adjusting...
