-
Strategic public value(s) governance: A systematic literature review and framework for analysis Public Administration Review (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2024-09-18 Sara Thabit, Alessandro Sancino, Luca Mora
This article offers evidence-based understanding of public value creation in multi-actor collaborations by presenting the results of a systematic literature review of empirical studies published within the public administration field. Specifically, it focuses on two primary research questions: How do multi-actor collaborations generate public value(s)? What types of public value(s) are created by these
-
Evidence-based practices and US state government civil servants: Current use, challenges, and pathways forward Public Administration Review (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2024-09-15 Yuan (Daniel) Cheng, Leslie Thompson, Shuping Wang, Jules Marzec, Chengxin Xu, Weston Merrick, Patrick Carter
Leveraging a three-state survey of 323 civil servants and 36 interviews, representing blue and red states, this university-government-nonprofit collaborative research project aims to better understand how civil servants access and use evidence in their decision-making process. Our findings show that 54% of respondents find evidence-based practices (EBPs) useful in making budget, policy, and contracting
-
Using technology to reduce learning costs and improve program comprehension: Lessons from a survey experiment on Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Public Administration Review (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2024-09-05 Stephanie Walsh, Gregory A. Porumbescu, Andrea Hetling
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) provides food assistance to those in need, and while the program reaches many who are eligible, program participation falls short of reaching all who are eligible. One factor contributing to this gap in participation is difficulty understanding program eligibility, a common challenge with means‐tested benefit programs. Governments have attempted
-
Impact of low‐performance signals on employee fraud in public organizations: Evidence from a pay‐for‐performance context Public Administration Review (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2024-09-05 Taek Kyu Kim
Employee fraud, defined as the misuse of organizational resources for personal financial gain, has long been a serious issue in public organizations, risking deteriorated performance outcomes. Although previous public administration research has discussed organizational cheating related to organizational performance, we need to inquire further about employee fraudulent behaviors across public organizations
-
User acceptance of strategic planning: Evidence from Northern European municipalities Public Administration Review (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2024-09-02 Bert George, Dag Ingvar Jacobsen, Jan‐Erik Johanson, Åge Johnsen, Elias Pekkola
Strategic planning is core to public administration at all governmental levels. Evidence suggests that when conducted well strategic planning impacts several performance outcomes. Yet, public administration and strategy scholars have argued that strategic planning is not only a technical procedure. Its success is contingent upon the people involved in strategic planning. This study investigates strategic
-
Administrative evil and moral disengagement: The case of torture in apartheid‐era South Africa Public Administration Review (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2024-08-31 Christopher J. Einolf
Understanding how administrators can commit unethical acts is an important goal of public administration research. This article tests whether moral inversion, taken from Balfour, Adams, and Nickels' theory of administrative evil, can help explain torture, and also proposes and tests Bandura's theory of moral disengagement. It analyzes testimony from perpetrators of torture who testified before the
-
Information for Contributors Public Administration Review (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2024-08-22
About the Journal Public Administration Review (PAR) is dedicated to advancing theory and practice in public administration. PAR serves a wide range of audiences globally. As the preeminent professional journal in public administration, Public Administration Review (PAR) strives to publish research that not only advances the science and theory of public administration, but also incorporates and addresses
-
-
-
American Society for Public Administration Code of Ethics Public Administration Review (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2024-08-22
-
Is Trust in Local Government Influenced by the “Marketplace” of Choice? Public Administration Review (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2024-08-21 Lanjun Peng, Justin M. Ross
Governments are subjected to many sources of competition that can be productive or destructive to their ability to maintain citizen trust. This paper explores the role of competition in the local government marketplace as a determinant of trust in local government. Using individual respondent data from the Gallup Poll Social Series in the United States from 2001 to 2022, this paper explores the effect
-
Representative bureaucracy and local government contracting: Examining supplier diversity programs Public Administration Review (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2024-08-16 Evelyn Rodriguez‐Plesa
Equity and efficiency are among the most difficult public values to balance in the contracting environment where institutions and service markets influence how and with whom public dollars are spent. A representative bureaucracy helps reflect the interests of underrepresented, disadvantaged social groups and instill equity in government contracting. This research examines the relationship between representation
-
How do polycentric governance systems adapt? The role of forums explored in Dutch metropolitan areas Public Administration Review (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2024-08-08 Ingo Bousema, Tim Busscher, Ward Rauws, Wim Leendertse
Forums play a crucial role in how polycentric governance systems adapt by allowing actors to deliberate on how to respond to exogenous change. However, the exact role of forums remains unclear, as prior studies on polycentric governance often examine different types of actors and network structures separately. To address this issue, we combine insights from actor and network level analyses to compare
-
Exploring contemporary challenges in public administration and higher education Public Administration Review (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2024-08-06 Jyoti Aggarwal, Abdollah Zeraatpisheh
-
Insights from local government managers: Navigating crises through organizational capacities and perceptions Public Administration Review (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2024-08-06 Carmela Barbera, Bernard Dom, Céline du Boys, Sanja Korać, Iris Saliterer, Ileana Steccolini
Recent years have shown that strategic responses to crises by local governments (LGs) depend on the type of crisis, the institutional environment, but also internal capacities and sensemaking processes. However, such relationships have not been tested widely yet. Based on a survey of managers (n = 590) from cities with more than 15,000 inhabitants in France, Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom,
-
The deformation of democracy in the United States: When does bureaucratic “neutral competence” rise to complicity? Public Administration Review (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2024-08-04 Barry Bozeman, John P. Nelson, Stuart Bretschneider, Spencer Lindsay
Recent years have seen a step-change in the severity and nature of threats to United States democracy, including extensive efforts by elected officials to undercut democratic governance. When elected officials undermine democracy, this constitutes “deformation of democracy.” As implementors and agents of policy, public administrators can sometimes play essential roles as bulwarks against democratic
-
Optimizing global governance through US–China dynamics: The interplay of conflict and cooperation in driving innovation and efficiency Public Administration Review (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2024-07-31 Yunjin Zou, Yang Zou
CONFLICT OF INTEREST STATEMENT The authors declare that they have no competing interests relevant to the content of this article.
-
Why do some academic articles receive more citations from policy communities? Public Administration Review (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2024-07-31 Ji Ma, Yuan (Daniel) Cheng
We (1) present the landscape of the citations of Public Administration and Policy (PAP) scholarly articles in policy documents and (2) examine influencing factors along three dimensions: collaborative teams, cross‐disciplinary interactions, and disruptive paradigms. Using data from the 30 most‐cited PAP peer‐reviewed journals and 38,062 documents from 1107 policy institutions, we find that 10.1% of
-
Passive representation: The effect of affirmative action bans on female representation in law enforcement Public Administration Review (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2024-07-29 Jaeyeong Nam
Studies of representative bureaucracy often focus on underrepresented social groups in the public sector and examine the link between passive representation and active or symbolic representation. This study emphasizes that passive representation is not a fixed condition but can be influenced by policy interventions and shaped by historical passive representation. This study proposes hypotheses that
-
Public Governance in Denmark: Meeting the global mega‐challenges of the 21st century? By Andreas HagedornKrogh, AnnikaAgger, PeterTriantafillou, (Eds.), Bingley, UK: Emerald Publishing. 2022. pp. 268. $100.00 (hard cover). ISBN: 9781800437135 Public Administration Review (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2024-07-25 Nathan Favero
-
The new PhD: How to build a better graduate education. By LeonardCassuto, RobertWeisbuch, Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press. 2021. pp. 408. $35.00 (cloth). ISBN: 9781421439761 [also available for $0.00 at https://doi.org/10.1353/book.81097] Public Administration Review (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2024-07-24 Jonathan B. Justice
-
Urban conflict management, human‐wild animal interactions, local environmental governance and political participation Public Administration Review (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2024-07-24 Itai Beeri, Yaara Sadetzki, Orit Hirsch‐Matsioulas
Local authorities today cope with environmental changes. As urbanization advances, the overlap between nature and the world of human beings increases. The resulting new interactions between humans and wild animals have many consequences. The perspectives of public administration and politics regarding this issue remain unexplored. There is limited research on local environmental crises and local environmental
-
Assessing burden tolerance amid the Medicaid Great Unwinding Public Administration Review (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2024-07-23 Simon F. Haeder, Donald P. Moynihan
The pandemic era ushered in a period of policy adaptation in how states deliver programs. One aspect of this experimentation is how burdensome safety net administrative processes should be. Using national surveys taken before and after the end of the public health emergency, we offer evidence of how tolerant the public is about burdens when allowed to choose between discrete policy implementation options
-
Abductive analysis in qualitative public administration research Public Administration Review (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2024-07-19 Merlijn van Hulst, E. Lianne Visser
Public administration scholars and practitioners need to know how state‐of‐the‐art research is conducted. This article aims to contribute to the dialogue on qualitative analysis. Focusing on abductive analysis, it further unpacks and explicates the process and practices through which theoretical insight can be created from qualitative data. We offer four principles that guide abductive analysis: (i)
-
-
Effective public administration strategies for global “new normal”. By Perfecto G.AquinoJr., Revenio C.JalagatJr. (Eds.), Singapore: Springer Books. 2022. pp. 243. $169.99 (ebook) December. ISBN: 978‐981‐19‐3116‐1 Public Administration Review (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2024-06-24 Roya Hayatina Latua Silawane, Galung Triko
-
-
American Society for Public Administration Code of Ethics Public Administration Review (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2024-06-24
-
Information for Contributors Public Administration Review (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2024-06-24
About the Journal Public Administration Review (PAR) is dedicated to advancing theory and practice in public administration. PAR serves a wide range of audiences globally. As the preeminent professional journal in public administration, Public Administration Review (PAR) strives to publish research that not only advances the science and theory of public administration, but also incorporates and addresses
-
A systematic review of person-environment fit in the public sector: Theorizing a multidimensional model Public Administration Review (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2024-06-03 G. Breck Wightman, Robert K. Christensen
Following PRISMA guidelines, this study offers a systematic review of 78 articles on person-environment (P-E) fit in the public sector. The study reveals both an emphasis on supplementary person-organization (P-O) fit and its relationship to public service motivation (PSM). We also find evidence of both bottom-up and top-down processes that mutually adjust to determine fit over time. Building on these
-
From social categorization to implicit citizenship theories: Advancing the socio-cognitive foundations of state–citizen interactions Public Administration Review (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2024-06-02 Rick Vogel, Dominik Vogel, Marlen Christin Liegat, David Hensel
Public administration research has recently paid increasing attention to public employees' social categorization of citizens and the consequences thereof for administrative decision-making. We advance this line of scholarship by theorizing the concept of implicit citizenship theories (ICTs) and elaborating it in four sequential empirical studies. ICTs are implicit assumptions about citizens' typical
-
Exploring the limits of collaboration and the fragility of its outcomes: The case of community policing Public Administration Review (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2024-05-27 Andrea M. Headley, Vaiva Kalesnikaite
Understanding collaboration between the government and community leaders or organizations is essential for effectively delivering services and creating public value. Interorganizational collaboration is particularly salient in communities of color when considering how historic exclusions of marginalized voices have inhibited equity. This study draws upon 88 in‐depth, semistructured interviews on collaboration
-
Burden tolerance: Developing a validated measurement instrument across seven countries Public Administration Review (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2024-05-24 Martin Baekgaard, Aske Halling, Donald Moynihan
The emergence of the administrative burden literature has generated new theoretical, conceptual, and empirical knowledge. However, the accumulation of comparable knowledge is limited by the lack of validated measurement of core concepts. This article validates a four‐item scale of burden tolerance, that is, people's acceptance of state actions that impose administrative burdens on citizens and residents
-
Trust, collaboration, and participation in governance: A Nordic perspective on public administrators' perceptions of citizen involvement Public Administration Review (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2024-05-19 Isak Vento
This study analyzes public administrators' trust in citizens' capacities to participate in governance, their collaborative tendency, and the association between these factors and public administrators' willingness to implement citizen involvement efforts. The purpose of the study is to examine whether public administrators' trust in citizens' participatory capacities predicts a willingness to implement
-
Indian Preference and the status of American Indians and Alaska Natives in the federal service: Employment, earnings, authority, and perceptions of fairness Public Administration Review (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2024-05-17 Gregory B. Lewis, Jack F. Williams
Public administration scholars have largely ignored American Indians and Alaska Natives in their studies of racial disparities in the federal service, despite strong reasons to believe they face discrimination. Using three large federal data sets (the American Community Survey, federal personnel records, and the Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey), we compare the status of American Indians and Alaska
-
Bridge over troubled waters? Experimental evidence into the influence of leadership on employees' collaborative engagement Public Administration Review (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2024-05-13 Anders Barslund Grøn
It is not easy to secure and sustain efficient interorganizational collaboration in hierarchically demarcated and functionally specialized public sectors. This article investigates whether and how public leaders can motivate and catalyze their own employees to engage in behaviors that foster and support collaboration across organizational jurisdictions. Using survey data from 555 occupational therapists
-
Liberal democratic accountability standards and public administration Public Administration Review (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2024-04-30 Christopher Koliba
This paper serves as a renewed call for public management scholars and public leaders in liberal democracies to be the champions of accountability standards that are explicitly and implicitly inherent to liberal democratic forms of governance. This call is particularly salient amid increasing populism, polarization, and democratic backsliding. Drawing from the historical and contemporary political
-
American Society for Public Administration Code of Ethics Public Administration Review (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2024-04-24
-
“Chat‐Up”: The role of competition in street‐level bureaucrats' willingness to break technological rules and use generative pre‐trained transformers (GPTs) Public Administration Review (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2024-04-24 Neomi Frisch‐Aviram, Gabriela Spanghero Lotta, Luciana Jordão de Carvalho
Organizations worldwide are concerned about workers using generative pretrained transformers (GPTs), which can generate human‐like text in seconds at work. These organizations are setting rules on how and when to use GPTs. This article focuses on street‐level bureaucrats' (SLBs) intentions to use GPTs even if their public organization does not allow its use (tech rule‐breaking). Based on a mixed‐methods
-
-
-
Information for Contributors Public Administration Review (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2024-04-24
About the Journal Public Administration Review (PAR) is dedicated to advancing theory and practice in public administration. PAR serves a wide range of audiences globally. As the preeminent professional journal in public administration, Public Administration Review (PAR) strives to publish research that not only advances the science and theory of public administration, but also incorporates and addresses
-
Crisis coordination in complex intergovernmental systems: The case of Australia Public Administration Review (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2024-04-18 Naim Kapucu, Andrew Parkin, Miriam Lumb, Russell Dippy
As the scale and intensity of disasters and crises continue to increase, planning and managing crises have become a critical policy and governance issue. Of particular importance to this topic is crisis coordination, as effective response and recovery support the continuity of operations of governments and businesses, and are essential to the economy, health, and public safety. This paper applies a
-
A meta-analysis of the state and local government borrowing costs Public Administration Review (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2024-04-17 Ed Gerrish, Mikhail Ivonchyk, Cleopatra Charles, Robert A. Greer, Temirlan T. Moldogaziev
State and local governments seek to save money through fiscal efficiency. One such mechanism widely studied in the literature is through the choice for financial underwriting of debt. The extant literature generally suggests that state and local governments can lower borrowing costs through a competitive method of sale. In a meta-analysis of 418 effects from 97 studies, we find that competitive sales
-
Adaptive organizational network response in a crisis: The case of five European airports during the COVID-19 pandemic Public Administration Review (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2024-04-17 Doret de Rooij, Aura Timen, Jörg Raab
The COVID-19 pandemic posed unprecedented challenges to the joint organizational response of private and public and here especially public health organizations. This is particularly true for airports as central connectors of global travel and trade. For five European airports, we analyzed the interorganizational response based on input from 66 of the 87 different airport partners, using two fictitious
-
Connecting founding and dissolution: A demographic study of the US nonprofit sector Public Administration Review (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2024-04-13 Duncan J. Mayer
Despite a rich literature on nonprofit density, the founding and dissolution of nonprofit organizations remains poorly understood. This study explores the founding and dissolution in nonprofit populations including density dependence, resource concentration, government size, and hypothesizes that dissolution creates an entrepreneurial opportunity. The hypotheses are tested using county level data covering
-
Unethical leadership, moral compensation, and ethical followership: Evidence from a survey experiment with Chilean public servants Public Administration Review (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2024-04-11 Christian Schuster, Javier Fuenzalida, Kim Sass Mikkelsen, Jan-Hinrik Meyer-Sahling
Numerous studies associate ethical leadership with ethical behavior in the public sector. By contrast, the effects of unethical leadership in the public sector have largely not been explored. Yet, unethical leadership need not beget unethical followership. Instead, we theorize that some bureaucrats may perceive unethical leadership as a moral threat and respond to it with moral compensation and greater
-
It takes (at least) two to tango: Investigating interactional dynamics between clients and caseworkers in public encounters Public Administration Review (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2024-04-11 Matthias Döring, Nicolas Drathschmidt, Stine Piilgaard Porner Nielsen
Public encounters are an essential element in citizen–state interactions. Yet, we know very little about the interactional dynamics between clients and street‐level bureaucrats. By analyzing data from interviews and participatory observations of public encounters in a social security administration context, we propose a typology of public encounters based on clients' and employees' preparedness that
-
Crowdsourced data in public administration research: A review and look to the future Public Administration Review (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2024-04-09 Justin M. Stritch, Mogens Jin Pedersen, Ignacio Pezo
Crowdsourcing platforms such as MTurk and Prolific have emerged as data sources for researchers in the social sciences. This article delves into the past, present, and future use of crowdsourced data in public administration scholarship. Through a review of published articles in top public administration journals (years 2013–2022), we uncover a general growth in the use of crowdsourced data over time
-
Governance by artifacts: Theory and evidence on materiality of administrative burdens Public Administration Review (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2024-04-09 Muhammad Azfar Nisar, Ayesha Masood
Administrative burden research has contributed to improved understanding of citizens' experiences while accessing state services. However, the significance of the material infrastructure within which citizen–administrator interactions take place remains largely absent from this line of research. To help address this research gap, this article uses ethnographic data to discuss the influence of material
-
Understanding municipal fiscal health: A model for local governments in the USA. By Craig S.Maher, SunghoPark, Bruce D.McDonaldIII, Steven C.Deller, New York: Routledge. 2023. pp. 350. $61.99 (paperback) and $160 (hardcover). ISBN: 9781032055428 Public Administration Review (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2024-04-03 Andrey Yushkov
-
The Oxford handbook of governance and public management for social policy. By Karen J.Baehler, Washington: Oxford University Press. 2023. pp. 1064. $29.09 (soft cover), $144.92 (hardcover). pISBN: 9780190916329; eISBN: 9780190916350 Public Administration Review (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2024-04-03 V. Kalyani
-
Knowing what you pay for: Does benefits information increase bond referenda support? Public Administration Review (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-25 Mikhail Ivonchyk
This article examines the impact of including benefits information on voter support in school bond referenda. It proposes that benefits information can increase voter support and mitigate the negative impact of tax implications. The proposition is tested empirically through a survey experiment, using random assignment and a nationally representative sample. The findings provide causal evidence supporting
-
Keeping the magic alive: The multiple functions of magic concepts Public Administration Review (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-27 Tina Øllgaard Bentzen, Sven Siverbo, Marte Winsvold
Despite scholarly fascination with magic concepts, empirical research on how they fare in practice is scarce. This study explores how magic concepts retain their magic when used in public organizations. Using survey data and case studies, we identify “trust” as a magic concept in Scandinavian municipalities and develop a typology of its four central functions. We find that the concept of trust is used
-
Automated, administrative decision‐making and good governance: Synergies, trade‐offs, and limits Public Administration Review (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-27 Ulrik B. U. Roehl, Morten Balle Hansen
Automated, administrative decision‐making (AADM) is a key component in digital government reforms. It represents an aspiration for a better and more efficient administration but also presents challenges to values of public administration. We systematically review the emerging literature on use of AADM from the perspective of good governance. Recognizing the inherent tensions of values of public administration
-
The Guardian State: Strengthening the public service against democratic backsliding Public Administration Review (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-10 Kutsal Yesilkagit, Michael Bauer, B. Guy Peters, Jon Pierre
Liberal democracy has become vulnerable to illiberal political movements and the gradual erosion of democratic institutions. To safeguard liberal democracy, we propose the concept of the Guardian State, which embraces liberal principles while acting as a defensive barrier against illiberal tendencies. We need strong administrative institutions that uphold liberal democratic norms and resist pressures
-
Information for Contributors Public Administration Review (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-06
About the Journal Public Administration Review (PAR) is dedicated to advancing theory and practice in public administration. PAR serves a wide range of audiences globally. As the preeminent professional journal in public administration, Public Administration Review (PAR) strives to publish research that not only advances the science and theory of public administration, but also incorporates and addresses
-
Frontline employees' responses to citizens' communication of administrative burdens Public Administration Review (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Aske Halling, Niels Bjørn Grund Petersen
The literature on administrative burdens demonstrates that citizens may experience different kinds of administrative burdens when interacting with the state. However, we know little about whether citizens' communication of these experiences affects how frontline employees implement compliance demands. Building on the street‐level bureaucracy and administrative burden literature, we hypothesize that
-
Does she belong here? Women in leadership positions and organizational performance in gendered institutions Public Administration Review (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-05 Sungjoo Choi, Yeongjun Ko
Gender diversity in leadership positions may not always bring desirable outcomes for an organization as diversity researchers have argued. Female leaders are less likely to contribute to effectiveness of their organization when it is male‐dominated and has strong masculine culture. We tested a nonlinear relationship between gender diversity at the top and organizational performance and the moderating
-
Invisible and indispensable: Using the lowly request for proposals to advance public value Public Administration Review (IF 6.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-29 Weston Merrick, Pete Bernardy, Patrick Carter
Requests for Proposals (RFP) may be the pinnacle of bureaucratic mundanity. Yet, hidden within this apparent monotony are powerful tools to advance public values. Federal, state, and local government grants deploy staggering sums, reaching into the hundreds of billions of dollars annually. With these distributions, the executive branch is often delegated substantial discretion. These are choices of