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作者:Klingner, Donald E.
作者单位:University of Colorado System; University of Colorado Boulder
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作者:Klingner, Donald E.
作者单位:University of Colorado System; University of Colorado Boulder
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作者:Trottier, Tracey; Van Wart, Montgomery; Wang, XiaoHu
作者单位:Indiana University System; Indiana University South Bend; California State University System; California State University San Bernardino; State University System of Florida; University of Central Florida
摘要:Though the mainstream organizational literature has advanced in the last 20 years with the integration Of transformational and distributed leadership theories, as well as genuine attempts at comprehensive models, the public sector literature has lagged, especially in utilizing large-scale empirical studies. This study takes advantage of a very large government data set to test the utility of one of the best known theories, the full range leadership theory of Bernard Bass. It addresses three im...
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作者:Demir, Tansu; Nyhan, Ronald C.
作者单位:University of Illinois System; University of Illinois Springfield; State University System of Florida; Florida Atlantic University
摘要:The politics-administration dichotomy has been one of the most disputed theories of public administration. Despite serious critiques, neither the theoretical utility nor the normative power of the dichotomy has totally disappeared over the past decades. The dichotomy has been advocated on the grounds that the dichotomous division of labor and authority between elected and administrative officials increases the democratic accountability and planning ability of public administrators. This articl...
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作者:Brinkerhoff, Derick W.
作者单位:Research Triangle Institute
摘要:Today's global concerns with poverty, instability, and terrorism link international development and security in unprecedented ways and assemble new actors in the foreign policy arena. The lessons of past experience need to better inform current policy and practice. The evolution of thinking on the role of the state, the citizen, and international development management provides clues regarding what works and what research questions remain to be answered. Institutional barriers to cooperation a...
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作者:Stanton, Thomas H.
作者单位:Johns Hopkins University
摘要:The reputation of a president can be enhanced or diminished depending on the quality of federal management. This transition memorandum draws on the insights of the fellows of the National Academy of Public Administration. It urges the next president to (1) set a tone and strengthen organizational infrastructure to promote effective management across government, (2) create an office to monitor potential major risks and ensure adequate response, and (3) pass on to his successor more capable gove...
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作者:Walker, Richard M.; Brewer, Gene A.
作者单位:University of Hong Kong; University System of Georgia; University of Georgia
摘要:This article adopts an organizational echelon approach to the study of red tape in public organizations and argues that the nature and extent of red tape will vary at different levels of the organizational hierarchy. These propositions are tested with a multiple-informant survey using a lagged model. The empirical results across the three organizational echelons sampled indicate modest variations in the levels of perceived red tape and major variations in its determinants. Results from the mor...
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作者:Lambright, W. Henry
作者单位:Syracuse University
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作者:Khovanova, Kseniya M.
作者单位:University of Illinois System; University of Illinois Chicago; University of Illinois Chicago Hospital
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作者:Rooney, David; McKenna, Bernard
作者单位:University of Queensland
摘要:This article explores a sociological account of practical wisdom in public administrations. Very little research on contemporary applications of wisdom exists, and what research there is has a cognitive bias, largely ignoring sociology. For public organizations to create the conditions for wise practice within themselves and within individual administrators, an understanding of the social relational structures and processes that build and sustain practical wisdom is crucial. Furthermore, given...