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作者：Stanton, Thomas H.; Oliver, Malcolm K.
摘要：Over 50 years ago, Rittel and Webber published their seminal article on wicked problems that generate second-order effects that often limit or defeat ambitious initiatives. The Rittel-Webber model, in all of the 10 distinguishing characteristics they specified, closely fits dilemmas of public managers seeking to advance social equity. Analyzing the experiences of U.S. public sector social equity initiatives through the Rittel-Webber lens provides lessons about the wickedness of problems of adv...
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作者：Adu, Edmund Poku; Nukpezah, Julius A.
作者单位：Mississippi State University
摘要：Local implementers have discretion in selecting forms of housing for the homeless, yet the determinants of these choices remain poorly understood. Using the institutional collective action (ICA) framework, this study examines California's Homekey program to assess how coordination demands shape decisions among hotel conversions, multifamily acquisitions, and modular or new construction. Drawing on binary logistic, generalized estimating equation (GEE), and multinomial logistic models, we find ...
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作者：Zehra, Mashal-E-
作者单位：University of Illinois System; University of Illinois Chicago; University of Illinois Chicago Hospital
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作者：Khosravi, Mehdi
作者单位：Tarbiat Modares University
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作者：Picavet, Marc E. B.; Desouza, Kevin C.; Dawson, Gregory S.; Denford, James S.; Chenok, Daniel
作者单位：Queensland University of Technology (QUT); Arizona State University; Arizona State University-Tempe; Royal Military College - Canada; International Business Machines (IBM); IBM USA
摘要：This study examines the interplay between digital modernization and transformation in the public sector, challenging the notion that they are mutually exclusive strategies. Through interviews with public sector leaders, we find that modernization and transformation can be jointly implemented rather than managed as competing efforts. Thus, we highlight hybrid strategies that integrate both approaches, allowing public organizations to balance operational stability with innovation in their overal...
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作者：Petersen, Ole Helby; Potoski, Matthew; Brogaard, Lena
作者单位：Roskilde University; University of California System; University of California Santa Barbara
摘要：A central challenge in government contracting is fostering cooperation between buyers and sellers where contract terms are incomplete. This article introduces a framework for formal-relational contracting (FRC) in public sector contexts, where rigid regulations, competing values, and market imperfections make cooperation both difficult and valuable. FRC promotes cooperation through contract terms defining shared goals, guiding principles, and governance mechanisms. We present the theoretical f...
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作者：Li, Jixiang; Tang, Shui-Yan; Wen, Bo
作者单位：University of Macau; University of Southern California
摘要：Increasing environmental complexity and uncertainty have made organizational resilience a key concern in public administration. Yet its inherent ambiguity calls for a systematic examination of its conceptualizations, operationalizations, and applications. This meta-narrative review synthesizes 49 studies, advancing the discourse by identifying three distinct narratives-maintenance, recovery, and adaptability-and exploring how they intersect when public institutions encounter acute shocks versu...
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作者：Boykin, Emily; Bell, Elizabeth
作者单位：University System of Georgia; Augusta University; University of Texas System; University of Texas Austin
摘要：While scholars have built considerable evidence on representative bureaucracy as a transformational independent variable, less is known about the organizational and policy conditions that motivate public institutions to invest in workforce diversity. Drawing on resource dependency theory, we argue that tuition-free college policies ('Promise Programs') will alter organizational incentives by expanding financial resources and diversifying clientele. In turn, we argue that colleges will expand w...
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作者：Chen-Florea, Alexander L. Q.
作者单位：Roskilde University
摘要：Participatory and collaborative governance (P&CG) is widely celebrated as an institutional vehicle for democratizing public decision-making by inviting affected stakeholders into inclusive and deliberative policy processes. This essay argues that underlying appeals to democratic legitimacy in P&CG are tacit commitments to specific (and often ideologically bounded) conceptions of justice. Democracy, far from being normatively univocal, encompasses competing justice principles that yield diverge...
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作者：Chen, Tipeng; Welch, Eric W.
作者单位：Arizona State University; Arizona State University-Downtown Phoenix
摘要：Public organizations facing emergencies often coordinate with other local public and non-profit organizations for assistance. Yet we know little about the contractual relationships public organizations build with external organizations for emergency responses. Drawing from organizational theories, we explore organizational factors behind public organization decisions to contract for responses to extreme weather events. Using agency-level data merged from three national sources, we find an inve...
