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作者：O'Toole, LJ Jr; Meier, KJ
作者单位：University System of Georgia; University of Georgia; Texas A&M University System; Texas A&M University College Station
摘要：Most literature on public-sector networks focuses on how to build and manage systems and ignores the political problems that networks can create for organizations. This article argues that individual network nodes can work to bias the organization's actions in ways that benefit the organization's more advantaged clientele. The argument is supported by an analysis of performance data from 500 organizations over a five-year period. A classic theoretical point is supported in a systematic empiric...
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作者：van Blijswijk, JAM; van Breukelen, RCJ; Franklin, AL; Raadschelders, JCN; Slump, P
作者单位：University of Oklahoma System; University of Oklahoma - Norman
摘要：Trust in government is foundering. Ethics codes have limited utility in bolstering public trust, and a clear correlation between such codes and changed behavior must still be established. They are a means for external oversight, but they do nothing in terms of providing an internal moral compass. To rebuild trust in government, employees must also act with integrity Actions that are both ethical and carried out with integrity are necessary neither is sufficient. Acknowledging this, the Dutch T...
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作者：Jackson, RA; Newman, MA
作者单位：State University System of Florida; Florida State University; University of Illinois System; University of Illinois Springfield
摘要：Using data from the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board's most recent survey on sexual harassment, this study examines influences on sexual harassment in the federal workplace. We investigate the effect of workers' sociodemographic characteristics, aspects of their daily work environment (the sex of the supervisor and female/male ratio of coworkers), and agency location. Drawing on a variety of theoretical models and addressing a limitation of a previous study, we assess whether and how influe...
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作者：Wise, LR
作者单位：Indiana University System; Indiana University Bloomington
摘要：This article examines the underlying assumptions and main findings of four streams of research on bureaucratic postures. It explores the utility of each school of thought for understanding how perspectives on bureaucratic postures are associated with the advancement of the public interest and bureaucratic performance. A main conclusion is that, although limited in scope of application, each stream has merit. Nonetheless, the existing research is too narrow: The field needs to consider a more c...
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作者：Klingner, DE
作者单位：University of Colorado System; University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
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作者：Herman, RD; Renz, DO
作者单位：University of Missouri System; University of Missouri Kansas City
摘要：This study investigates whether nonprofit organizational effectiveness is judged consistently by differing constituencies and whether changes in board effectiveness and overall organizational effectiveness (judged by differing constituencies) are the result of changes in the use of practices regarded as the 'right way' to manage. The results show that different constituencies judged the effectiveness of nonprofit organizations differently, at both periods; that a change in the use of correct b...
