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作者：Roberts, Nancy C.
作者单位：United States Department of Defense; United States Navy; Naval Postgraduate School
摘要：How do nongovernmental (NGO), international (IO), and military organizations cope with their dependencies and address their perceptual and real differences in order to coordinate their field operations? This question is addressed through the creation of a matrix grouping civilian (NGOs and IOs) and military operations into four general types: peacekeeping; disaster relief; complex humanitarian emergencies/warfare; and stabilization and reconstruction. Second, using Galbraith's information proc...
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作者：Mesch, Debra J.
作者单位：Purdue University System; Purdue University; Purdue University in Indianapolis
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作者：Hoyman, Michele M.; McCall, Jamie R.
作者单位：University of North Carolina; University of North Carolina Chapel Hill; North Carolina State University
摘要：Eminent domain is an urgent problem facing local government administrators and scholars throughout the United States. However, the literature is sparse regarding how local leaders make decisions on this hot-button issue. A 2006 Government Accountability Office report noted a lack of data about local governments' use of their eminent domain authority. A survey of county managers in North Carolina was conducted to redress this apparent knowledge gap. Although the findings are primarily generaliz...
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作者：Stensota, Helena Olofsdotter
作者单位：University of Gothenburg
摘要：While a growing body of research argues for increased attention to ethics within public administration, scholars diverge on how to conceptualize the character of public ethics. Likewise, empirical evidence regarding the role that ethics plays in the quality of service delivery is rare. The author argues that the concept of a public ethics of care is useful for public administration in welfare states. She examines the idea empirically through a large-N analysis of frontline bureaucrats within t...
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作者：Brudney, Jeffrey L.; Wright, Deil S.
作者单位：Syracuse University; University of North Carolina; University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
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作者：Kim, Sangmook; Vandenabeele, Wouter
作者单位：Utrecht University; KU Leuven
摘要：As public service motivation research grows qualitatively and quantitatively, some scholars question its appropriateness for international applications. This essay sets out a strategy of convergence for international research and measurement approaches. Studies that assess commonalities in public service motivation content internationally are analyzed in order to develop a broader conceptual and more operational definition as well as consequently a more universal public service motivation cons...
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作者：Gains, Francesca; John, Peter
作者单位：University of Manchester
摘要：How do bureaucrats respond to administrative reform in relation to their overall administrative goals? The authors test the bureau-shaping thesis, which holds that bureaucrats' preferences for certain kinds of roles and tasks motivate their support for bureau reform. Drawing on attitudinal and behavioral data from a survey of English local government officials, the findings underscore how bureaucrats with different interests and motivations sort themselves into job types. Their preferences dri...
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作者：Coggburn, Jerrell D.; Kearney, Richard C.
作者单位：North Carolina State University
摘要：This article examines the funding of two key components of state government total compensation: pensions and other postemployment benefits (OPEB), the latter consisting primarily of retiree health care. A brief overview of the economic, political, and legal environments of state pensions and OPEB is followed by an analysis of the unfunded liabilities for these respective benefits. Regression results suggest the importance of state management capacity, per capita income, and public employee den...
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作者：McGuire, Michael; Schneck, Debra
作者单位：Indiana University System; Indiana University Bloomington
摘要：What would another Hurricane Katrina bring in 2020? Is government at all levels ready for such an event? This essay argues that learning to manage actions supporting disaster response and recovery operations consistently and effectively requires strategic, not reactive, thinking. It adopts a framework based in issues focused thinking, externally focused management, and opportunity-seeking behavior to examine the complex mix of individuals, organizations, and actions involved in response and re...
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作者：McComas, Katherine; Besley, John C.; Black, Laura W.
作者单位：Cornell University; University of South Carolina System; University of South Carolina Columbia; University System of Ohio; Ohio University
摘要：Public meetings are often referred to as rituals to denote a largely symbolic activity with little concrete meaning. This essay explores how public meeting rituals may produce very real impacts on participants and pragmatic outcomes. Whereas tangible outputs of rituals are not always evident, ritual theory suggests that participants can derive latent meaning and significant comfort from their application. Although rituals serve to reify certain norms or control behaviors, they may also reaffir...
