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作者：Swetkis, Doreen
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作者：Luby, Martin J.
作者单位：DePaul University
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作者：van Hulst, Merlijn J.
作者单位：Tilburg University
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作者：Zhang, Yahong
作者单位：Rutgers University System; Rutgers University Newark
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作者：Grimmelikhuijsen, Stephan G.; Meijer, Albert J.
作者单位：Utrecht University
摘要：Although the effect of government transparency on trust is heavily debated, our theoretical and empirical understanding of this relationship is still limited. The basic assumption tested in this article is whether transparency leads to higher levels of perceived trustworthiness. This article uses theories from social psychology to advance our understanding of the effects and mechanism of the relationship between transparency and the perceived trustworthiness of a government organization. Based...
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作者：Martin, Eric C.
作者单位：Bucknell University
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作者：McDonald, Bruce D., III; Gabrini, Carl J.
作者单位：Indiana University System; Indiana University South Bend; University System of Georgia; College of Coastal Georgia
摘要：The establishment of a county charter, or home-rule provision, is intended to remove the resolution of local problems from the state legislature's busy agenda and give the county greater control over its regional affairs. Although the literature has paid significant attention to the institutional determinants of local city structure and reform, little is understood about how and why a county would reform its governing system. For example, not all counties able to adopt a charter do so, nor are...
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作者：Nielsen, Poul A.
作者单位：Aarhus University
摘要：A central notion of performance management reform is that outcome-based accountability should be accompanied by increased managerial authority, thereby granting managers the flexibility to engineer performance-oriented change. Studies have revealed, however, that managerial authority does not follow automatically when performance management is adopted. This article examines whether increased managerial authority does indeed promote the effectiveness of performance management. The article relie...
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作者：Amirkhanyan, Anna A.; Kim, Hyun Joon; Lambright, Kristina T.
作者单位：American University; Korea University; State University of New York (SUNY) System; Binghamton University, SUNY
摘要：There is a large literature on the determinants of organizational performance, and its multidimensional nature is well recognized. However, little research has examined how different organizational and environmental factors influence different stakeholders performance assessments of the same service. We address this gap by comparing the factors influencing performance evaluations by different constituencies of child care centers in Ohio. We operationalize performance using (1) regulatory viola...
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作者：Henry, Adam Douglas
作者单位：University of Arizona
