Over time, several researchers have observed that military organisations and personnel are not studied in public administration. This study synthesises the state of knowledge regarding the place of military organisations and personnel in empirical public administration research in thirty-one journal articles published from 1978 to 2019. The 71 empirical articles published in the past four decades focused mainly on human resource (HR) management of veterans and procurement contracts rather than on current members and military organisations. Public administration researchers, particularly outside the United States, are not studying active military personnel and the function of military organisations. Our argument is that, in our collective view of the state, we tend to disregard the state’s punitive or security missions, especially if they are foreign rather than domestic. Another explanation is that accessing military personnel and organisations involves negotiating restricted access. Our collective neglect of studying the military deprives the field and students of good practices that may be replicable in civilian organisations.

随着时间的流逝，一些研究人员已经观察到，军事组织和人员并未在公共行政部门研究。这项研究在1978年至2019年发表的31篇期刊文章中综合了关于军事组织和人员在经验性公共管理研究中的位置的知识状态。过去四个十年中发表的71篇经验性文章主要关注人力资源（HR）管理退伍军人和采购合同，而不是现有成员和军事组织。公共行政研究人员，尤其是美国以外的国家，并未研究在职军事人员和军事组织的职能。我们的论点是，从我们对国家的集体观点来看，我们倾向于无视国家的惩罚或安全使命，特别是如果它们是外国的而不是国内的。另一个解释是，进入军事人员和组织涉及谈判限制进入。我们对军事学习的集体疏忽剥夺了该领域和学生的良好做法，而这种良好做法可能会在民间组织中复制。