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作者：Zambrano-Gutierrez, Julio Cesar; Rutherford, Amanda; Nicholson-Crotty, Sean
作者单位：Indiana University System; Indiana University Bloomington
摘要：A growing body of literature explores the process of coproduction by citizens and government employees in providing goods and services, yet research that attempts to link coproduction to organizational performance offers contradictory findings. It is possible that these conflicting results are a consequence of trying to compare distinct categories of coproduction. This study identifies types of coproduction, classified by which organizational tasks citizens can influence during stages of polic...
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作者：Maccio, Laura; Cristofoli, Daniela
作者单位：Universita della Svizzera Italiana; University of Milano-Bicocca
摘要：This article focuses on interorganizational networks in an attempt to contribute to the research on network endurance. Specifically, we will focus on service delivery networks created to endure, and explore the impact on network endurance of some key variables, such as the configuration of the modes of network governance, the formalization of coordination mechanisms and the concentration of managerial skills in the network manager. Our results show that a Network Administrative Organization al...
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作者：Zang, Xiaowei; Musheno, Michael
作者单位：City University of Hong Kong; University of Oregon
摘要：This study of the state frontline workforce breaks new ground by conducting an institutional analysis of rule abidance in the People's Republic of China (PRC). We draw upon a survey (n = 1,721) of Chengguan officers, the main players in regulatory enforcement of civil law in urban China, to explore the influence of autocratic one-party rule on the meaning of and variation in rule abidance in China. The majority of Chengguan officers are rule followers, and demographic differences show little d...
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作者：Boon, Jan; Wynen, Jan
作者单位：University of Antwerp; KU Leuven
摘要：Governments across the globe try to rebalance their budgets by rationalizing overhead operations. When overhead-reducing policies are adopted, it is important to understand why some central government organizations have a higher overhead than others, and why organizational models to produce overhead efficiencies are used to different degrees. This study focuses on the Flemish context to analyse differences between central government organizations in the size and organization of two overhead pr...
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作者：Barbera, Carmela; Jones, Martin; Korac, Sanja; Saliterer, Iris; Steccolini, Ileana
作者单位：Catholic University of the Sacred Heart; Nottingham Trent University; University of Nottingham; University of Klagenfurt; University of Freiburg; Newcastle University - UK
摘要：The recent economic and fiscal crisis provides an opportunity for learning lessons of general and practical relevance about how governments face shocks affecting their financial conditions. This article draws on the resilience concept to investigate the organizational capacities that are deployed and/or built by local governments (LGs) to respond to such shocks, looking at their combinations and interactions with environmental conditions. The article presents the results of a multiple-case ana...
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作者：Ege, Jorn
摘要：International Public Administrations (IPAs), that is, the secretariats of international organizations, are important actors in global governance. This article develops a new typology of IPAs that captures the potential influence of these bureaucratic bodies on international policy-making. The main argument is that when conceptualizing the varying roles and potential policy impact of IPAs, it is useful to distinguish between their ability to develop autonomous preferences (autonomy of will) on ...
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作者：Carter, David P.
作者单位：Utah System of Higher Education; University of Utah
摘要：Voluntary regulatory programmes embody the complex interactions that exist between public organizations and nongovernmental entities in contemporary public administration. This article draws attention to regulatee choice' in certification programmes, in which programme participants choose from among certifier alternatives. In the context of US organic regulation, regulatee choice is examined through the factors that farmers weigh when selecting from among public, nonprofit, and private certifi...
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作者：Holm, Jakob Majlund
作者单位：Aarhus University
摘要：Performance evaluations are a vital part of how public managers react to performance information. Yet, we know little about the way evaluations unfold and the reactions they produce. This article examines the idea that historical and political aspiration levels guide evaluations by labelling performance results as either a failure or success. Thus, the same result could lead to different evaluations and reactions depending on the aspiration level. The study also tests the idea that a negativit...
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作者：Piatak, Jaclyn; Mohr, Zachary; Leland, Suzanne
作者单位：University of North Carolina; University of North Carolina Charlotte
摘要：With the rise of third-party government, the lines between the sectors have blurred as has accountability. Public service delivery failures can erode government legitimacy and trust, but who do citizens blame when something goes wrong? To answer this question, we employ an experiment to see whether citizens hold local governments and private contractors equally accountable for service delivery failure. We also examine how they expect the employees to be held accountable. Results demonstrate th...
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作者：Johnston, Karen
作者单位：University of Portsmouth
摘要：The nature of work and traditional notions of the public sector have been changing with increasing collaborative governance and delivery of public services among public, private and voluntary sector organizations. In the UK, governments at national and devolved levels of government have adopted collaborative governance for service delivery through various networks and partnerships. This article explores collaborative governance from a gender perspective, specifically the perceptions of women i...
