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作者:Bauhr, Monika; Czibik, Agnes; Licht, Jenny de Fine; Fazekas, Mihaly
作者单位:University of Gothenburg; Central European University
摘要:The increased focus on marketizing mechanisms and contracting-out operations following the New Public Management reform agenda has sparked a debate on whether the close interactions between public and private actors might drive corruption in the public sector. The main response to those worries has been increased transparency, but so far empirical evidence of its efficiency remains scant and mixed. This article argues that the beneficial effects of transparency on corruption are contingent on ...
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作者:Bishara, Dina
作者单位:Cornell University
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作者:Penca, Jerneja
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作者:Piroska, Dora
作者单位:Central European University; Corvinus University Budapest
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作者:Ryu, Lanhee; Moon, M. Jae; Yang, Jae-jin
作者单位:Yonsei University
摘要:Revisiting the seminal study of March and Olson (1983), this article aimed to empirically test whether or not government reorganizations at the ministerial level can be better explained by political factors than administrative and functional rhetoric. Government reorganizations have often been understood as functional adaptations to increase organizational efficiency and effectiveness, but little empirical research has been conducted on their political context. By analyzing pooled-time series ...
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作者:Bertelli, Anthony M.; Hassan, Mai; Honig, Dan; Rogger, Daniel; Williams, Martin J.
作者单位:Bocconi University; Pennsylvania Commonwealth System of Higher Education (PCSHE); Pennsylvania State University; Pennsylvania State University - University Park; University of Michigan System; University of Michigan; Johns Hopkins University; The World Bank; University of Oxford
摘要:Developing nations demand a different scholarly approach in the field of public administration. We advance an agenda for research that stands on four pillars. First, in the absence of easily accessible data scholars of developing world public administration must assemble it for themselves. Second, building and testing theory plays a paramount role because researchers face limited information. Third, in developing countries, multi-national and non-governmental organizations are often crucial an...
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作者:Williams, Martin J.; Yecalo-Tecle, Liah
作者单位:University of Oxford
摘要:Research on innovation in government often focuses on ideas introduced by senior leaders or managers, but ideas from public servants themselves are an important and underexplored channel for improving performance in government bureaucracies. We provide new evidence on the potential for bottom-up work process innovation, using data from 744 individual and team innovation plans and 51 qualitative interviews in Ghana's civil service. In contrast to common negative stereotypes of developing countr...
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作者:Choi, Hemin
作者单位:Seoul National University (SNU)
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作者:Alter, Karen J.
作者单位:Northwestern University
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作者:Honig, Dan
作者单位:Johns Hopkins University