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作者：Vashdi, Dana R.; Vigoda-Gadot, Eran; Shlomi, Dvir
作者单位：University of Haifa
摘要：This study examines multiple organizational climates and their relationship with politics and performance in public organizations. We argue that four types of climates (participative, innovative, leadership and service) impact employees' performance and public service outcomes, and that perceptions of organizational politics mediate these relationships. A theoretical model is suggested and examined empirically in a field study of 2102 teachers from 108 public schools and three major districts ...
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作者：Watson, Matthew
作者单位：University of Warwick
摘要：The post-financial crisis decision-making of Britain's Labour Government represents an interesting case of the more general tensions embedded in welfare reform strategies under macroeconomic pressures of financialization. It continued to find additional sources of funding out of current taxation to finance enhanced levels of short-term frontline services, yet this was always against the backdrop of attempting to facilitate greater long-term affordability through negotiating the switch to incre...
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作者：Font, Joan; Navarro, Clemente
作者单位：Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (CSIC); Universidad Pablo de Olavide
摘要：The article examines the role that personal experience with participatory mechanisms plays in the explanation of the perceived efficacy of these instruments. The first part demonstrates that , contrary to most expectations, citizens who have direct experience with these processes have a more negative evaluation of their performance. Where does this frustration effect come from? The second part analyzes three potential explanations of why this pattern emerges: (1) overly high prior expectations...
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作者：Alcock, Pete
作者单位：University of Birmingham
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作者：Deng, Shulian; Peng, Jun; Wang, Cong
作者单位：Shanghai University of Finance & Economics; University of Arizona
摘要：There is a global movement towards more budgetary transparency, in both developed and developing countries, as this lies at the heart of responsible governance. Since the promulgation of the Regulation on Open Government Information in China in 2008, China has witnessed an external demand and internal push for more budgetary transparency. Using annual survey data collected between 2009 and 2012, we found that budgetary transparency at the Chinese provincial government level, although showing s...
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作者：Rocco, Philip
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作者：Berman, Evan; Chen, Don-yun; Jan, Chung-yuang; Huang, Tong-yi
作者单位：National Chengchi University; National Chengchi University
摘要：In Taiwan's post-democratization, public managers reduced their leadership and initiative-taking, thereby creating concerns about public sector leadership. This article defines the concept of informal 'executive initiative understandings' (EIUs) between political appointees and career executives, and examines how such understandings affect public managers' efforts and agency leadership. Based on an in-person survey of Taiwan central government executives, findings show that: (1) about half of ...
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作者：Zhu, Xufeng
作者单位：Nankai University
摘要：Expert involvement is usually regarded as one of the causes of policy changes. However, how does the nature of policy change, in turn, influence expert involvement? This study constructs an analytical model by adopting and developing policy network and principal-agent theories, suggesting that expert involvement can be regarded as the result of the inherent characteristics of policy change in the Chinese policy process. Two key characteristics of policy change, namely `loss embeddedness' and '...
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作者：Coule, Tracey; Patmore, Beth
作者单位：Sheffield Hallam University
摘要：Based on empirical research with two non-profit organizations, this article critiques structural explanations of non-profit service innovation, which portray innovation as a response to institutional contexts and downplay the power and role of human agents. We offer, instead, a conceptualization of non-profit innovation in which human agency - and its interplay with institutional logics - is an integral feature. Specifically, we outline the ways in which non-profit actors draw upon the competi...
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作者：Nohrstedt, Daniel
作者单位：Uppsala University; Centre of Natural Hazards & Disaster Science (CNDS); Uppsala University
摘要：Disruptive crises are generally conducive to policy conflict between multiple stakeholders. Following the potentially adversarial nature of crisis resolution, there is a need for theoretical approaches to advance the understanding of the political context in which such disputes evolve. This article explains how the advocacy coalition framework (ACF) can be applied as a theoretical basis for understanding the development and effects of policy conflicts in crisis resolution. Illustrating the ACF...
