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作者：Hackler, Darrene; Saxton, Gregory D.
作者单位：George Mason University; State University of New York (SUNY) System; State University of New York (SUNY) Brockport
摘要：How are nonprofits using information technology to enhance mission-related outcomes and boost organizational performance? The authors examine a large-scale survey of nonprofits' technology planning, acquisition, and implementation to assess the strategic use of IT in these organizations. They evaluate nonprofits' strategic technology-use potential by examining IT-related competencies and practices that are critical for the successful strategic employment of technology resources. Several promis...
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作者：Houston, David J.; Cartwright, Katherine E.
作者单位：University of Tennessee System; University of Tennessee Knoxville
摘要：The common pronouncement of a career in public service as a calling echoes with a decidedly spiritual chord. However the spiritual roots of public service have been ignored in much of the public administration scholarship. This essay examines the empirical connection between individual spirituality and participation in public service occupations. Data from the 1998 General Social Survey are analyzed to determine whether those in public service occupations are more spiritual than persons in non...
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作者：Sanchez, Thomas W.; Wolf, James
作者单位：Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
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作者：Garnett, James L.; Kouzmin, Alexander
作者单位：Rutgers University System; Rutgers University Camden; University of South Australia; Southern Cross University
摘要：Hurricane Katrina was as much a communication disaster as it was a natural and bureaucratic disaster. Communication gaps, missed signals, information technology failures, administrative buffering, turf battles, and deliberate and unintentional misinterpretations delayed and handicapped both the recognition of the crisis that Katrina posed and the response to its devastation. This essay views crisis communication through four conceptual lenses: (1) crisis communication as interpersonal influenc...
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作者：Baker, Dana Lee; Stokes, Shannon
作者单位：Wayne State University; University of Missouri System; University of Missouri Columbia
摘要：The construction of public problems has a lasting influence on implementation in a given policy subsystem. National and sociopolitical contexts influence issue definition differently across nations. However, the degree to which nation-specific issue definition takes place has been insufficiently explored. In recent years, the growing incidence of autism has led to a quest for causal factors. One hypothesis posits that the use of mercury in vaccines may be a culprit. This paper examines the def...
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作者：Ni, Anna Ya; Bretschneider, Stuart
作者单位：Syracuse University; Syracuse University
摘要：Government contracting, especially for information technology products and services, has accelerated in recent years in the United States. Drawing on the insights of privatization studies, the authors examine the economic and political rationales underpinning government decisions to contract out e-government services. This article tests the extent to which economic and political rationality influence governments' contracting decisions using data from multiple sources: a survey conducted by Nat...
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作者：Buelens, Marc; Van den Broeck, Herman
作者单位：Ghent University; Flanders Institute for Biotechnology (VIB); Vlerick Business School
摘要：This study contributes to our understanding of the diffierences in work motivation between the public and private sectors. Data from a survey of 3,314 private hector and 409 public sector employees in Belgium strongly confirm previous research showing that public sector employees are less extrinsically motivated. Differences in hierarchical level are more important determinants Of work motivation than sectoral differences. In addition, most observed differences can be wholly or partially expla...
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作者：Newbold, Stephanie P.; Rosenbloom, David H.
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作者：Hodge, Graeme A.; Greve, Carsten
作者单位：Monash University; Copenhagen Business School
摘要：Public-private partnerships are enjoying a global resurgence in popularity, but there is still much confusion around notions of partnership, what can be learned from our history with partnerships, and what is new about the partnership forms that are in vogue today. Looking at one particular family of public-private partnerships, the long-term infrastructure contract, this article argues that evaluations thus far point to contradictory results regarding their effectiveness. Despite their contin...
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作者：Jones, L. R.; Klingner, Donald E.
作者单位：United States Department of Defense; United States Navy; Naval Postgraduate School; University of Colorado System; University of Colorado Boulder
摘要：Ferrel Heady died on August 16, 2006, at his home in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Together with Fred Riggs, he is widely known and respected as one of the founders of comparative public administration. In this tribute to our friend and colleague, we touch on the highlights of his distinguished career as a scholar, an academic administrator, and a person who lived up to his own high standards of honesty and integrity in every aspect of his life. We assess his body of work, attempt to summarize its ...
