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作者:Bozeman, Barry; Ponomariov, Branco
作者单位:University System of Georgia; University of Georgia; University of Texas System; University of Texas at San Antonio
摘要:This paper examines the career consequences for public managers of having had full-time private sector work experience. We find positive career outcomes for public managers with private sector experience: Individuals with such experience are more likely to have been recently promoted relative to peers and to supervise somewhat greater number of employees, especially if their most recent job was in the private sector. While experience in the private sector enhances such career outcomes, the len...
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作者:French, P. Edward
作者单位:Mississippi State University
摘要:Numerous aspects of the day-to-day operations of local governments are subject to legal scrutiny; public managers and officials must be keenly aware of the legal rights and protections that extend to both citizens and employees of local governments. This research evaluates several areas of concern in the human resource administration of municipal governments with respect to the management of public employees within the protections set forth by the legislative and judicial branches of the feder...
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作者:Rohr, John A.
作者单位:Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
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作者:Justice, Jonathan B.
作者单位:University of Delaware
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作者:Portillo, Shannon; DeHart-Davis, Leisha
作者单位:George Mason University; University of Kansas
摘要:A long-standing contention in the public and private management literatures is that women use rule abidance as a way to compensate for their relative lack of organizational power. Many of the studies making this assertion rely on anecdotal evidence rather than theory-guided empirical studies. In this paper, the authors use survey data collected from four cities in a midwestern state to empirically test gender dimensions of rule abidance. The findings support long-asserted gender differences in...
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作者:van der Wal, Zeger
作者单位:Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
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作者:Moynihan, Donald P.
作者单位:University of Wisconsin System; University of Wisconsin Madison
摘要:In responding to Professor Lynn's criticism that the field of public administration has been insufficiently attentive to law, this article offers an alternative perspective on the source of administrative legitimacy. Leonard White understood that public administration is shaped by its broader context. It does not assert its own values but, in an effort to maintain legitimacy, reflects the political and cultural values of its environment. In White's time, the extraordinary challenges that the s...
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作者:Shields, Patricia M.
作者单位:Texas State University System; Texas State University San Marcos
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作者:Crenson, Matthew A.
作者单位:Johns Hopkins University
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作者:Hao, Yufan; Hou, Ying
作者单位:University of Macau
摘要:As one of the fastest growing economies in the world, many wonder what kind of international behavior an increasingly powerful China will demonstrate in the future. Will it be a responsible state on the world stage? The article aims to understand Chinese foreign policy making from a comparative perspective. By using the neoclassical realist approach, key features of Chinese foreign policy as well as possible future alternatives for its implementation are outlined. The essay concludes that sign...