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作者：Capano, Giliberto
作者单位：University of Bologna
摘要：Due to its popularity, the term layering is often used generically, and it risks being transformed into a catch-all concept. Layering has become synonymous with incremental change, thus making it a synonym for change without any specification in terms of the change and its effects. To make the term more conceptually coherent and empirically useful, this article problematizes the historical neo-institutionalist definition of layering as a mode of change and, above all, its use in the literature...
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作者：Greasley, Stephen
作者单位：University of Exeter
摘要：As public outsourcing has grown, the need to understand government's relations with supply side actors has become more important for public administration scholars. The article analyses the role of a small group of large contractors in the British outsourcing system during Britain's Coalition government. These public service conglomerates' have thus far received little attention in the public administration literature. The article compares two approaches for understanding the role of these cor...
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作者：Van Kleef, Daphne; Steen, Trui; Schott, Carina
作者单位：Leiden University - Excl LUMC; Leiden University; KU Leuven; University of Bern; Utrecht University
摘要：Organizations try to socialize employees' behaviour through formal practices such as training programmes and selection procedures. This article focuses on how times of informal socialization, outside the organization's direct sphere of influence, impact the behaviour of employees. The research is based on data from 67 semi-structured interviews with Dutch veterinary inspectors in a cross-sectional and a longitudinal panel. Their work is characterized by intensive and at times adverse contact w...
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作者：Borrelli, Lisa M.
作者单位：University of Bern
摘要：Geographical limitation, ostracism and deportation are defined as state practices that try to handle the unwanted arrival and stay of irregularized migrants in Europe. However, the enforcement of ever-more restrictive policies in order to regain control over a mobile population is limited by several factors, which at times restrict the state. These limits not only derive from the agency of individuals excluded by the state, but also because of the inherent attributes of the state itself. The i...
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作者：Raaphorst, Nadine; Groeneveld, Sandra; Van de Walle, Steven
作者单位：Leiden University - Excl LUMC; Leiden University; KU Leuven
摘要：In line with psychological and economic discrimination theories, street-level bureaucracy studies show a direct effect of citizen characteristics on officials' judgements, or show how street-level bureaucrats employ stereotypical reasoning in making decisions. Relying on sociological double standards theory, this study hypothesizes that citizen-clients' status characteristics influence officials' evaluations not only directly, but also indirectly and more pervasively by influencing the interpr...
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作者：Stritch, Justin M.; Villadsen, Anders Ryom
作者单位：Arizona State University; Arizona State University-Downtown Phoenix; Aarhus University
摘要：In many countries, the rules and statutes governing public employment promote both transparency and accountability in employee hiring, promotion, and wage setting. These aspects of public employment might mitigate the pay inequalities women face in the public workplace relative to the private sector. At the same time, these formal aspects of public sector employment and payment systems might also limit the ability of women in the public sector to leverage human capital increases as a means of ...
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作者：Akram, Sadiya
作者单位：University of London; Queen Mary University London
摘要：Representative bureaucracy theory explores the effects of representation on bureaucracies, but less attention has been paid to date as to how agents represent values or interests. Addressing this omission, this article highlights the unconscious dimension of active representation and, more specifically, the role of unconscious bias in representation. Unconscious bias has received limited attention to date in public administration, but has clear relevance for understanding how representation oc...
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作者：Borry, Erin L.; DeHart-Davis, Leisha; Kaufmann, Wesley; Merritt, Cullen C.; Mohr, Zachary; Tummers, Lars
作者单位：University of Alabama System; University of Alabama Birmingham; University of North Carolina; University of North Carolina Chapel Hill; Tilburg University; Purdue University System; Purdue University; Purdue University in Indianapolis; University of North Carolina; University of North Carolina Charlotte; Utrecht University
摘要：This study examines the attributes of organizational rules that influence rule following. Rule following fosters organizational effectiveness by aligning individual behaviours with organizational preference. While a range of theoretical explanations have been offered for rule following, the characteristics of rule design and implementation have received less empirical attention. Borrowing from the green tape theory of effective rules, this study examines the influence of two particular charact...
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作者：Kolopp, Sarah
作者单位：Universite Paris Saclay
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作者：Williams, Kate
作者单位：University of Cambridge
摘要：At a time when truth and facts are highly contested, understanding how knowledge gains legitimacy is crucial. Creating valuable policy knowledge involves navigating a space between fields', where actors and ideas from different social worlds come into play. This article outlines a novel set of strategies for attaining legitimacy within this space. Drawing on mixed-methods analysis of interview and publication data from 12 development research organizations, the article argues that legitimacy c...
