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作者：Ammons, David N.; Roenigk, Dale J.
作者单位：University of North Carolina; University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
摘要：Scholars have questioned the value of benchmarking as a means of advancing public sector performance and innovation, pointing instead to evidence of isomorphism among benchmarking organizations. The authors of this article assert that different types of benchmarking should be distinguished from one another in such assessments and suggest that the verdict for best practice benchmarking will differ from that for the more common form of benchmarking in the public sector, comparisons of performanc...
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作者：Favero, Nathan; Bullock, Justin B.
作者单位：Texas A&M University System; Texas A&M University College Station
摘要：Public administration scholars are beginning to pay more attention to the problem of common source bias, but little is known about the approaches that applied researchers are adopting as they attempt to confront the issue in their own research. In this essay, we consider the various responses taken by the authors of six articles in this journal. We draw attention to important nuances of the common measurement issue that have previously received little attention and run a set of empirical analy...
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作者：Mortensen, Peter B.; Green-Pedersen, Christoffer
作者单位：Aarhus University
摘要：All democratic countries have ministries for issues like foreign affairs, defense, transportation, education, and social affairs. Yet, we know little about what determines the number and issue content of ministries. Why do some policy issues have their own ministry while others do not and when are new ministries created? The article offers a theoretical argument for how creation and termination of ministries may be patterned from a policy agenda setting perspective that focuses on the importan...
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作者：DeHart-Davis, Leisha; Davis, Randall S.; Mohr, Zachary
作者单位：University of North Carolina; University of North Carolina Chapel Hill; Southern Illinois University System; Southern Illinois University; University of North Carolina; University of North Carolina Charlotte
摘要：Organizational rules are the backdrop of public employee life, with research suggesting both beneficial and harmful effects to employee morale. In contrast to the traditional approach of comparing employee morale in workplaces with higher versus lower levels of rules, this study examines the relationship between specific attributes of organizational rules and job satisfaction. A combination of three organizational rule attributes is expected to increase job satisfaction: consistent rule applic...
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作者：Giannetto, Leila
作者单位：University of Trento
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作者：Terman, Jessica N.; Feiock, Richard C.
作者单位：George Mason University; State University System of Florida; Florida State University
摘要：This study investigates how the political influence of local elected officials and the administrative capacities of local administrative agencies together shape outcomes in fiscal federalism. The results demonstrate that differences in support and direct involvements of local officials in federally funded energy programs influence the timeliness of implementation processes. Direct mayoral involvement in the grant application process increases the likelihood of on-time or early implementation o...
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作者：Kauppi, Katri; van Raaij, Erik M.
作者单位：Aalto University; Erasmus University Rotterdam - Excl Erasmus MC; Erasmus University Rotterdam
摘要：This article utilizes agency theory to explain maverick buying in governmental agencies, that is, noncompliance to centrally negotiated frame agreements. Traditional agency theory assumes the agent to be an opportunistic self-interest seeker. A complementary view of agency problems portrays man as an honest, yet not fully competent, actor; both agents and principals may be burdened by honest incompetence. We apply both perspectives on principal-agent relationships to study maverick buying in g...
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作者：Miller, Susan M.
作者单位：University of South Carolina System; University of South Carolina Columbia
摘要：Within the bureaucratic performance literature, a growing body of work focuses on the relationship between the character of an administrator's selection-career administrators versus different types of appointees-and bureaucratic performance, finding that programs managed by political appointees are associated with lower performance scores than programs managed by career professionals. One aspect of administrators' selection that has not been considered in connection with bureaucratic performan...
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作者：Gilad, Sharon; Maor, Moshe; Bloom, Pazit Ben-Nun
作者单位：Hebrew University of Jerusalem
摘要：How does the content of public allegations impact regulatory communication strategies? Employing a multinomial logistic regression analysis and an original data set, this article analyzes the Israeli banking regulator's nuanced responses to public expressions of opinion between 1996 and 2012. We demonstrate this agency's greater propensity to acknowledge problems, yet mostly shift blame to others when faced with claims that regulation is overly lenient, and to deny allegations that regulation ...
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作者：Mehiriz, Kaddour
作者单位：University of Quebec; Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS)
摘要：This article presents the findings of a study on the influence of redistributive politics on grant distribution of a municipal infrastructure funding program managed by a quasi-autonomous organization. The study indicates that grant distribution among the municipalities is not exempt from redistributive politics. Municipalities located in swing districts and those represented by members from the party in power or by members having more seniority have a greater propensity to receive grants than...
