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作者:[Anonymous]
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作者:Argyriades, Demetrios
作者单位:City University of New York (CUNY) System
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作者:Rutherford, Amanda; Meier, Kenneth J.
作者单位:Texas A&M University System; Texas A&M University College Station; Cardiff University
摘要:Factors influencing managerial goals and decision-making processes have been debated for decades among public administration scholars. Previous literature has explained goal setting through theories of performance gaps, bureaucratic control, and isomorphic rationality. However, there exists no direct empirical test of these theories to determine which theoretical expectation may have more or less weight with managers when setting organizational goals. Using an original survey of university pre...
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作者:Oliver, Adam
作者单位:University of London; London School Economics & Political Science
摘要:In recent years, behavioural economics has gained considerable traction in the policy discourse, with a particular conceptual framework called libertarian paternalism, which informs nudge policy, dominating. Libertarian paternalism requires policies to protect individual liberty, to be focused specifically upon improving the welfare of those towards whom the intervention is targeted, and to be informed by the findings of behavioural economics. In practice, however, many of the interventions th...
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作者:Clark, Alistair
作者单位:Newcastle University - UK
摘要:Although Britain has often been held up as being a model of electoral integrity, recent controversies have suggested that this perception may not be wholly justified. This article explores overall standards of electoral administration across Britain, utilizing performance reporting data for returning officers in the 2010 general election to outline a comprehensive measure for the integrity of the administration of the electoral process. Discussion begins by outlining the question of electoral ...
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作者:Alimi, Deborah
摘要:Changes in policy processes have impacted policy participants and stimulated the development of new patterns of action and entrepreneurship, but also the emergence of new entrants claiming authority on global' policy terrains. Privately convened global initiatives' are proliferating while triggering some conceptual puzzles, blurring the already ill-defined limits of global processes'. To seize the meanings and implications of going global', this article explores the empirical scope of such glo...
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作者:Bakir, Caner
作者单位:Koc University
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作者:Helms, Ludger
作者单位:University of Innsbruck
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作者:Page, Stephen B.; Stone, Melissa M.; Bryson, John M.; Crosby, Barbara C.
作者单位:University of Washington; University of Washington Seattle; University of Minnesota System; University of Minnesota Twin Cities
摘要:This article proposes ways to assess the public value that cross-sector collaborations produce. It introduces a framework featuring three dimensions of public value - democratic accountability, procedural legitimacy, and substantive outcomes - that reflect distinct priorities and concerns for public administration. Utilizing examples from research on a multi-year cross-sector collaboration in the transportation field, we illustrate the framework's application and identify techniques and challe...
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作者:Li, Jiayuan
作者单位:Guangdong University of Foreign Studies
摘要:Numerous studies have shown that rewarding or penalizing public officials for their performance in a mechanical fashion may have perverse effects, as evidenced by the strategic responses to imposed targets demonstrated by those exposed to the measurement process. Focusing attention on performance evaluation practices in Chinese local government, this research finds that implementing quantitative measurement in local authorities has triggered multiple strategic responses. Drawing on these insig...