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作者:Page, Stephen
作者单位:University of Washington; University of Washington Seattle
摘要:In this reply to Catlaw and Chapman's commentary, Dr. Page acknowledges that attention to New Public Management theory is all well and good, but it should not come at the expense of field observation of the associated phenomena.
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作者:[Anonymous]
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作者:Courty, Pascal; Marschke, Gerald
作者单位:State University of New York (SUNY) System; University at Albany, SUNY; State University of New York (SUNY) System; University at Albany, SUNY
摘要:This article describes the evolution of a performance measurement system in a government job training program. In this program, a federal agency establishes performance measures and standards for substate agencies. The performance measurement systems evolution is at least partly explained as a process of trial and error characterized by a feedback loop: The federal agency establishes performance measures, the local managers learn bow to game them, the federal agency learns about gaming and ref...
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作者:Ellison, Brian A.
作者单位:University of North Carolina; Appalachian State University
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作者:Wright, Bradley E.
作者单位:University of North Carolina; University of North Carolina Charlotte
摘要:This study advances our understanding of employee work motivation and performance in the public sector by reinterpreting the literature on public service motivation within the psychological framework of goal theory. An empirical test of this new framework suggests that goal theory provides a strong theoretical foundation for understanding the independent contributions of task, mission, and public service to employee work motivation and performance. The importance of an organization's mission i...
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作者:Ma, Stephen K.
作者单位:California State University System; California State University Los Angeles
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作者:[Anonymous]
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作者:Pearson, Margaret M.
作者单位:University System of Maryland; University of Maryland College Park
摘要:Pursuant to its extensive program of market reforms, China's government tried to restructure itself to support a market-dominated economy. Reform efforts have included elements that are familiar to scholars of public administration: streamlining government, strengthening bureaucratic capacity, distancing government from firms, and establishing independent regulators. But how deep have these reforms been, and with what ultimate goals? This article examines a crucial segment of the economy-China...
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作者:Stivers, Camilla
作者单位:University System of Ohio; Cleveland State University
摘要:Does racism ever shape the way public administrators make decisions? The story of Hurricane Katrina is an opportunity to consider this neglected question. Discriminatory government policies and processes over decades ensured that African Americans were disproportionately harmed by the storm and its aftermath. In contrast to the literature on bureaucratic discretion, when the crisis came, administrators at all levels chose to take refuge in regulations rather than act creatively to save lives a...
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作者:Spicer, Michael W.
作者单位:University System of Ohio; Cleveland State University