作者:KEARNEY, RC; HAYS, SW
作者单位:University of Connecticut; University of South Carolina System; University of South Carolina Columbia
摘要:What has the recent trend in participative decision making (PDM) to offer labor-management relations? Can it really help government agencies cope with intense political, economic, and social pressures on their service deliver and regulatory functions? Richard C Kearney and Steven W. Hays examine the theory, assumptions, and promises of the PDM approach, factors necessary for successful PDM, and impediments to implementation. Evidence indicates that PDM provides personal benefits to employers, ...
作者:WILSON, PA
摘要:Why do senior executives seriously consider leaving the federal service? Patricia Wilson answers this question focusing on factors that greatly expand those used in more conventional models of executive turnover. Specifically, she approaches public agencies as political systems in which subunit power and other political variables play an important role in such decisions. Her research finds subunit power-a structural and managerial phenomenon-to be an important determinant of senior executives'...