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Is Government Health Subsidy Targeted Enough in India? Evidence from a Tertiary Hospital International Journal of Public Administration Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Ashok Thomas, Kausik Gangopadhyay, Kulbhushan Balooni, Satheeshan Balasubramanian, Maya Padmanabhan
In emerging economies like India, the focus of public health policies is shifting toward the treating non-communicable diseases to preventing communicable diseases. The public welfare demands appro...
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Public Branding in the Digital Age: An Empirical Investigation of U.S. Cities International Journal of Public Administration Pub Date : 2024-03-03 Aroon P. Manoharan, Lisa Hohensinn, Hsin-Ching Wu
Cities globally consider public branding to be an important governance strategy. This study investigates the use of websites for public branding by U.S. cities, and examines the influence of a city...
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Understanding Accountability Overload: Concept and Consequences in Public Sector Organizations International Journal of Public Administration Pub Date : 2024-02-19 Md Fazle Rabbi, Meghna Sabharwal
Public administration emphasizes accountability to various entities, including elected representatives, courts, oversight agencies, civil society, and citizens. However, the constant addition of ac...
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Administrative Intensity and Financial Sustainability: An Empirical Analysis of the Australian Public University System International Journal of Public Administration Pub Date : 2024-02-19 Carolyn-Thi Thanh Dung Tran, Brian Dollery, Caillan Fellows
However, to date no attempt has been made to investigate the impact of administrative intensity on financial sustainability in the university sector. To address this gap in the literature, this pap...
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E-Government as a Development Strategy: The Case of Estonia International Journal of Public Administration Pub Date : 2024-02-16 Victor I. Espinosa, Antonia Pino
This paper examines the role of e-government (EG) in fostering economic transition and development, focusing on the Estonian case. Positioned as a development strategy, EG utilizes information and ...
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Unveiling Inequalities: Gender-Based Discriminatory Practices and Women’s Political Engagement in Northern Ghana International Journal of Public Administration Pub Date : 2024-02-13 Tobias Tseer, David Yaro Suaka, Constance Awinpoka Akurugu
Previous research on representative bureaucracy has focused on the integration of women and minority groups in public administration with less attention being paid to the challenges faced by differ...
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Bribing to Escape Poverty in Africa International Journal of Public Administration Pub Date : 2024-02-07 Simplice A. Asongu, Samba Diop
This study assesses the nexus between bribery and poverty using the Afrobarometer survey. Our data cover 38 countries consisting of three survey rounds and a sample of 151,345 individuals. The empi...
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Complex Governance Networks: Foundational Concepts and Practical Implications International Journal of Public Administration Pub Date : 2024-02-02 Rahmat Hidayat, Fikri Yanda
Published in International Journal of Public Administration (Vol. 47, No. 4, 2024)
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Confluence of Health and Financial Policies for Development: A Study of Collaborative Governance in Maternal Health Delivery International Journal of Public Administration Pub Date : 2024-01-21 Sanjukta Sarkar, Rudra Sensarma
Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) is a public health programme in India involving multiple stakeholders across sectors with the common goal of reducing mother and infant mortality by boosting institutio...
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Political Change Through Social Innovation International Journal of Public Administration Pub Date : 2024-01-18 Koen Migchelbrink
Published in International Journal of Public Administration (Vol. 47, No. 3, 2024)
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Use of Green Public Procurement in Czechia: Comparing Approaches of Different Organizations International Journal of Public Administration Pub Date : 2024-01-03 David Špaček, Michal Struk, Thi My Dieu Nguyen
In the paper we use a mixed-methods approach to qualitatively research and analyze selected GPP practices in Czechia. We extended our analysis to the documents usually not included in available qua...
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Strategic Planning and Goal Setting in a Politicized Environment: The Case of HUD, USICH, and Homelessness International Journal of Public Administration Pub Date : 2023-12-11 J. Woody Stanley
This study analyzes the hierarchy of goals and objectives that were adopted to reduce homelessness in the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) strategic plans during three success...
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Thank you to reviewers (Oct 1, 2022 – Oct 1, 2023) International Journal of Public Administration Pub Date : 2023-12-05
Published in International Journal of Public Administration (Vol. 47, No. 1, 2024)
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Employment Sector and Work Motivations: Can Legal Status Alone Explain the Difference? International Journal of Public Administration Pub Date : 2023-11-28 Young-joo Lee
This study examines whether the legal status of an organization alone can explain the differences in work motivations, by comparing different types of childcare centers in the U.S. The findings rev...
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How Successful is the Tax Treatment of Public Authorities in Advancing Employment Growth? Examining the Case of Industrial Development Agencies in New York State International Journal of Public Administration Pub Date : 2023-11-28 Gina Scutelnicu Todoran, Andrew Crosby
Industrial development agencies (IDAs) are public authorities which grant tax exemptions to businesses with the expectation for the latter to create jobs in the communities they serve. This study e...
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The General Influence of Government and Politics in US Healthcare International Journal of Public Administration Pub Date : 2023-11-28 Elizabeth G. Dieter
Politics in the United States are deeply intertwined with its healthcare. Interventions from the US government may be to remedy problems that the individual citizen is otherwise incapable of remedy...
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Good Luck or Good Policy? Economic Growth and Human Development in Odisha Under the Naveen Patnaik Rule International Journal of Public Administration Pub Date : 2023-11-20 Sitakanta Panda, Jagadish Prasad Sahu
Odisha has experienced three distinct growth regimes during 1991-2019, namely, 1991-2002, 2003-10 and 2011-19. Odisha outshone the national economy and the 15 other major states in terms of growth ...
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Social Entrepreneurs’ Perceptions of the Institutional Environment: The Influence of Human and Psychological Capital International Journal of Public Administration Pub Date : 2023-11-13 Gary Schwarz, Ghadah W. Alharthi, Susan Schwarz
This research explores individual-level factors that influence social entrepreneurs’ perceptions of the institutional environment and examines why some individuals pursue, and persevere in, the soc...
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Abstruse Characteristics of People Participation: An Analysis of the Smart City Campaign Over myGov Platform in India International Journal of Public Administration Pub Date : 2023-10-09 Sharique Hassan Manazir
The rise in digital governance platforms for shared decision-making has been a matter of introspection for academicians worldwide. However, the effectiveness of government-run e-participation platf...
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Do Collaborative Management Actions Lead to Better Organizational Outcomes? International Journal of Public Administration Pub Date : 2023-10-08 Nathalie Mendez Mendez
This study examines the effects of managerial actions that promote inter-governmental collaboration on organizational performance at the sub-national level. Employing measures of organizational per...
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The Association Between Performance Information and the Satisfaction of Different Social Groups: Citizen Evaluation by Racial Groups International Journal of Public Administration Pub Date : 2023-09-21 Minjung Kim
Citizen satisfaction is an important instrument to assess the quality of public services and hold governments accountable to their citizens. Despite significant amount of research, few studies have...
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Do Parliamentary Roles Affect Lobbying Activities? Evidence from the Canadian House of Commons International Journal of Public Administration Pub Date : 2023-09-14 Maxime Boucher, Alex Marland
ABSTRACT In parliamentary systems, private members (i.e. backbenchers) with formal titles and roles can affect the institutional system in which politicians, civil servants and interest groups are embedded. Packing legislative institutions with backbenchers who act as agents of the government but who are not in Cabinet puts certain Members of Parliament in a privileged position with the core executive
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Retaining Front-Line Personnel in a Pandemic: Examining the Effects of Preparation and Capacity to Respond International Journal of Public Administration Pub Date : 2023-09-03 Alexander C. Henderson, James Melitski
ABSTRACT The COVID-19 pandemic has placed significant stress on public services, including front-line personnel in a variety of core government positions like policing. Past research in law enforcement has long described challenges related to these ideas of uncertainty, stress, and situational difficulties, and the effects of those on individual and group behavior and work practices. This exploratory
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Administrative Discretion Through Changing Presidencies and Political Polarization: Reflection on the Rise, Fall, and Rise of Federal-Local Immigration Partnerships in the U.S. International Journal of Public Administration Pub Date : 2023-08-18 Gabriella Paar-Jakli, William D. Schreckhise, Daniel E. Chand
ABSTRACT Created by Congress in 1996, the immigration enforcement program 287(g) has experienced several cycles of rapid expansion and contraction during different stages in the policy’s relatively brief lifetime. It is an intergovernmental program where state and local agencies sign onto agreements with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), effectively deputizing law enforcement agents to
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Public Administration Under Populist Rule: Standing Up Against Democratic Backsliding International Journal of Public Administration Pub Date : 2023-08-02 Michael W. Bauer
ABSTRACT What happens to democratic administration when populists come to power? This article depicts the contours of the debate within the discipline of Public Administration (PA) about populist attempts to transform the state bureaucracy. It presents the results and limitations of recent empirical research about populist public administration policies and discusses the options for generating more
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The Stabilty and Growth Pact’s “Unusual Events” Clause and the Funding of the Refugee Crisis in the European Union International Journal of Public Administration Pub Date : 2023-07-31 James D. Savage, Firat Kimya
ABSTRACT The European Union (EU) has been tested by three great external events, the Syrian refugee crisis, the Coronavirus, and the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Each of these events challenges the EU’s Stability and Growth Pact (SGP) that sanctions member states incurring excessive budgetary deficits. This research focuses on the application of these rules to the refugee crisis that generated a dramatic
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Responding to Unethical Demands by One’s Leader: The Role of Public Service Motivation International Journal of Public Administration Pub Date : 2023-07-12 Guillem Ripoll, Carina Schott
ABSTRACT Research shows that public service motivation (PSM) may serve as a buffer of unethical decision-making. We expand research by studying whether PSM is also related to ethics in situations where supervisors demand unethical behaviours from their employees. Our results show that PSM as a global concept and the PSM-dimension “Commitment to Public Values” are both negatively associated with the
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Reimagining Civil Society Collaborations in Development Starting from the South International Journal of Public Administration Pub Date : 2023-06-18 Vincent Ekow Arkorful
Published in International Journal of Public Administration (Vol. 46, No. 15, 2023)
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Institutional Translation and Interpreting: Assessing Practices and Managing for Quality International Journal of Public Administration Pub Date : 2023-06-08 Ran Yi
Published in International Journal of Public Administration (Vol. 46, No. 14, 2023)
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Polycentric Governance and Inclusive Policies: Egypt and the Implementation of Fiscal Stimulus in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic International Journal of Public Administration Pub Date : 2023-06-07 Mohamed Alaa Abdel-Moneim, David H. Rosenbloom
ABSTRACT This study analyzes the implementation of Egypt’s targeted fiscal stimulus to the irregular workforce in response to the COVID-19-induced partial shutdown in 2020. We utilize theoretical insights from the literature on administrative campaigns and the interagency coordination literature, as well as insights from the polycentric governance literature, to identify the approach to coordinating
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Crisis Intensity, Leadership Behavior, and Employee Outcomes in Public Organizations International Journal of Public Administration Pub Date : 2023-05-26 Anne Mette Kjeldsen, Mette Grønborg Stennicke, Daniel Skov Gregersen, Cecilie Lindgaard Petersen, Anders Valentin Bager, Thomas Faurholt Jønsson, Lotte Bøgh Andersen
ABSTRACT Societal crises such as the recent COVID-19 pandemic challenge public organizations in many ways. Yet, there is little knowledge of how varying crisis intensity can spark different reactions among public leaders and employees. This study examines the dynamics of the COVID-19 crisis in relation to leadership behaviors and employee outcomes for 920 individuals in 45 organizational units within
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Public Sector Innovation Ecosystems: A Proposition for Theoretical-Conceptual Integration International Journal of Public Administration Pub Date : 2023-05-24 D. K. de O. Carneiro, A. Isidro Filho, J. I. Criado
ABSTRACT Based on a literature review, the article proposes a theoretical articulation integrating the innovation subfields of service innovation, social innovation, and public sector innovation. The results revealed a theoretical-methodological research gap regarding the system that mobilizes a set of dimensions for collaborative creation of innovations that generate public value for society, which
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The Role of Social Contact in Public Perceptions of Homelessness in Parks and Public Spaces International Journal of Public Administration Pub Date : 2023-05-17 Lauren E. Mullenbach, Nick A. D. Pitas, Benjamin Hickerson
ABSTRACT Unsheltered homelessness – in which people reside in parks or on streets – is on the rise and poses a challenge for municipal parks and recreation agencies. Simultaneously, public opinion on homelessness has softened in recent years and may be misaligned with park agency practices. This study measured public attitudes on homelessness and on park agency involvement in addressing homelessness
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Transformational Leadership, Basic Needs Satisfaction and Public Service Motivation: Evidence from Social Workers in Catalonia International Journal of Public Administration Pub Date : 2023-05-15 Xavier Ballart, Guillem Ripoll
ABSTRACT This study tests the relationship between transformational leadership and public service motivation (PSM), as well as the role that the basic needs of autonomy, competence and relatedness play in this relationship. Using a sample of 439 social workers in Barcelona and the Catalonia region, the results support a positive effect of transformational leadership on PSM. Of the three basic psychological
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Book Review: Understanding Municipal Fiscal Health International Journal of Public Administration Pub Date : 2023-05-09 Filip Hrůza
Published in International Journal of Public Administration (Ahead of Print, 2023)
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Impact of Shadow Economy on Sustainable Development in Africa International Journal of Public Administration Pub Date : 2023-05-03 Folorunsho M. Ajide, James T. Dada, Marina Arnaut, Mamdouh Abdulaziz Saleh Al-Faryan
ABSTRACT This study contributes to the sustainable development literature by investigating the impact of the shadow economy on sustainable development in a panel of 30 African countries over a period of 2000–2017. The study employs parametric and nonparametric panel estimation techniques. The novel moment panel quantile regression method is also used to produce robust outcomes across the distribution
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Fostering Agility Through Public Procurement Reforms: The Role of Experienced Procurement Officers International Journal of Public Administration Pub Date : 2023-04-28 Paulo R. C. Reis, Sandro Cabral, Paulo Arvate
ABSTRACT In an attempt to respond to the public in a more agile way, some governments have implemented procurement reforms. By reducing red tape, policymakers expect to decrease contracting lead-times and improve quality standards in public procurement. Nevertheless, achieving improved performance also depends on the public officers involved in procurement functions. This paper examines a law change
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Stop the War, for Godsake!: A Text Analysis of Speeches of Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelenskyy, the Ukrainian President International Journal of Public Administration Pub Date : 2023-04-26 Felipe Maia Polo, Stuti Saxena, Charalampos Alexopoulos
ABSTRACT Political leaders articulate themselves best via speeches and/or writings across diverse media (print or electronic) for campaigning, pitching their stand, confronting the opponent/s, impressing upon the citizens, penning down their biographies, and the like. While making speeches, politicians evince provocative sentiments themselves that are likely to move the audience-that is the prime objective
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Budgeting Options Using the Ratchet Principle for Indonesian Bureaucracy: A Poststructuralist Approach International Journal of Public Administration Pub Date : 2023-04-09 Ruslan Effendi, Sumiyana Sumiyana, Indra Bastian, Choirunnisa Arifa
ABSTRACT This research investigates the existing structure of Indonesian regulations for constructing bureaucrats’ cognitive behavior by carrying out budget ratcheting and praxis. It then analyses the dominant factors influencing Indonesia’s Bureaucracy’s decision to adopt the ratchet principle. It underlines that the Indonesian bureaucracy prefers praxis due to national styles and regulations. Furthermore
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Reshaping Public Sector (Enterprise) Risk Management International Journal of Public Administration Pub Date : 2023-04-03 Torben J. Andersen, Peter C. Young
ABSTRACT Public sector entities are increasingly encouraged to implement enterprise risk management (ERM) to streamline procedures, create efficiencies, and safeguard delivery of public services. But, the ERM practices – as applied – adopt a confined concept of risk that subdues uncertain and unknown aspects of complex and (potentially) vast public exposures. We suggest that the management of uncertainty
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The Gap Between the Rhetorical Why and the Practical What and How of Public Sector Innovation International Journal of Public Administration Pub Date : 2023-03-31 Linda Lidman
ABSTRACT Politicians and policymakers call for public sector innovation to address societal challenges and to streamline and cut costs. This results in rationales to handle both smaller and more complex types of innovation. To explore how these rationales materialize at a workplace level, this paper aims to examine perceptions of why innovation in the public sector is needed, what innovation is, and
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As the Quantity of Data Explodes, Quality Matters International Journal of Public Administration Pub Date : 2023-03-31 Katherine Barrett, Richard Greene
Published in International Journal of Public Administration (Vol. 46, No. 16, 2023)
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Capitalising on Twitter for Policy Learning during Crises: The Case of the Covid-19 Pandemic International Journal of Public Administration Pub Date : 2023-03-19 Lihi Lahat, Omer Keynan, Francesca Scala
ABSTRACT Drawing on a broader study on perceptions of time and well-being during Covid-19, we show how governments can use social media platforms, such as Twitter, to acquire knowledge for policy learning and design. We argue social knowledge, which includes personal storytelling, emotion, and use of hashtags and emojis, can contribute to policy learning. Using a qualitative approach, we examine citizens’
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Are We There Yet? The Evolution of the US Federal Performance Management Framework: 1993–2022 International Journal of Public Administration Pub Date : 2023-03-06 John M. Kamensky
ABSTRACT The adoption and use of organizational performance management techniques has evolved in the US federal government over the past three decades. This began with an emphasis on creating a supply of performance information largely for accountability and budgeting purposes. Its emphasis shifted to creating a demand for performance information to inform improvement strategies. Nevertheless, the
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Does Public Sector Employment Matter for Subjective Well-being?: The Case of Kazakhstan International Journal of Public Administration Pub Date : 2023-02-19 Mehmet Akif Demircioglu, Dina Sharipova
ABSTRACT Studies of subjective well-being (SWB) have increased in recent years. However, there is limited information on how employment in the public sector affects SWB. Using representative World Values Survey (WVS) data from Kazakhstan, this study analyzes how working in the public sector affects SWB and whether financial satisfaction mediates this relationship. The findings demonstrate that although
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Interventions of Organizational Identification and Job Satisfaction on Person-Environment Perceptions and Work Engagement: Insights for K12 School Administrators in India International Journal of Public Administration Pub Date : 2023-02-17 Pardeep Bawa Sharma, Arvind Kumar
ABSTRACT Disengaged teachers in leadership roles cannot be role models for students and teachers. Expecting them to take school too far can be too much of an expectation. This paper explores how three critical attributes of person-environment fit influence the work engagement of K12 school administrators through their organizational identification and job satisfaction. Data collected from 303 private
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How to Make an Entrepreneurial State: Why Innovation Needs Bureaucracy International Journal of Public Administration Pub Date : 2023-02-02 Vincent Homburg
Published in International Journal of Public Administration (Vol. 46, No. 9, 2023)
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Public Policy to Reduce Inequalities Across Europe. Hope Versus Reality International Journal of Public Administration Pub Date : 2023-01-22 Menno Fenger
Published in International Journal of Public Administration (Ahead of Print, 2023)
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Making Sense of the Relationship between Involvement and Work–Life Balance: Empirical Insights from the Public Sector International Journal of Public Administration Pub Date : 2023-01-17 Rocco Palumbo
ABSTRACT Involvement is an empowering management technique whose positive effects on employees’ wellbeing have been emphasized in scholarly literature. However, since it augments job demands, involvement might impair the individual ability to handle the work-life interplay. The article analyses involvement’s implications on work-life balance in a sample of European public servants (n = 2,122), contemplating
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Calibrating Lenders’ Concerns and Performance Issues in Road Infrastructure Projects under Public Private Partnership International Journal of Public Administration Pub Date : 2022-12-28 Puneet Koul, Piyush Verma, Lalit Arora
ABSTRACT The study highlights lenders’ concerns in light of the challenges faced by special purpose vehicles (SPVs), executing road projects under public-private partnerships in India. In the process, it aims to strengthen the regulatory framework of project financing. While there have been a few studies that discussed some of the critical aspects in project financing before the projects are actually
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Thank you to reviewers (2022) International Journal of Public Administration Pub Date : 2022-12-22
Published in International Journal of Public Administration (Vol. 46, No. 1, 2023)
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Workers Performance: What has Changed with the Covid-19 Crisis? International Journal of Public Administration Pub Date : 2022-12-21 Elias Pereira Lopes Júnior, Ana Nery Alves Daniel
ABSTRACT Workers’ performance is a classic and contemporary theme present in several organizational studies and remains current. Due to the Covid health crisis, telecommuting becomes recurrent. As a result, a concern was raised about its impact on workers’ performance. This research aims to identify, based on the perception of Serpro employers, the factors that impacted work performance in the telecommuting
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Examining the Linkage between Transformational Leadership Styles and Succession Planning Programs in Malaysian Public Universities International Journal of Public Administration Pub Date : 2022-12-22 Rohana Ahmad, Abdul Hafaz Ngah, Ahmad Martadha Mohamed
This study examined transformational leadership and succession planning in Malaysian higher education. The study investigated how transformational leadership influences university staff career deve...
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An Empirical Investigation of Organisational Factors and Organisational Effectiveness: The Mediating Role of Knowledge Sharing International Journal of Public Administration Pub Date : 2022-12-18 Md. Zahidul Islam, Thuraya Farhana Said, Wardah Azimah Sumardi, Safayet Rahman, Nurul Amirah Ishak
ABSTRACT This study attempted to investigate the relationship between organisational factors (organisational climate, leadership, and structure), knowledge sharing and organisational effectiveness. Knowledge sharing was examined as a mediator between organisational factors and organisational effectiveness. In addition, the study explored the moderating effect of ICT on the relationship between organisational
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Does the Governorship Matter for Provincial Economic Development? International Journal of Public Administration Pub Date : 2022-12-15 Hakan Uslu, Rahman Dağ
ABSTRACT Appointed provincial governors do not have any power to make new policies apart from the ones made by the central government, but they are legally responsible for their implementations. In addition, they are not appointed for a specific time period and can be rotated even within a year or can stay longer where they are assigned. However, governors are overtly or covertly influential on provincial
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State Revenue Policy and Election: Are All Taxpayers Equal? International Journal of Public Administration Pub Date : 2022-12-14 HyungGun Park
ABSTRACT Political Business Cycle (PBC) models illustrate that government fiscal outcomes are driven by the private interests of incumbent policymakers who shape fiscal policy in pursuit of the popular vote. While the existing PBC studies tend to focus on influences on the overall budget size, this study posits that PBC also targets specific groups that can be distinguished by their size and associated
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What Makes a Leader? Leadership Identity and Leadership Behavior among Highly Professionalized Public Leaders International Journal of Public Administration Pub Date : 2022-12-07 Mathilde Cecchini, Lars Dahl Pedersen, Mickael Bech, Christian Bøtcher Jacobsen, Ane-Kathrine Lundberg Hansen
ABSTRACT The development of a leadership identity has been argued to be an important determinant for what leaders do. For leaders in highly specialized work environments, the development of a leadership identity has been regarded both in absolute terms and in relation to their professional identity. This study investigates the extent to which leadership identity in absolute and relative terms explains
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What Determines The Outcomes Of Public Procurement Arbitration? International Journal of Public Administration Pub Date : 2022-11-23 Gonzalo Ruiz Diaz
ABSTRACT The strengths and weaknesses of arbitration compared to litigation, as a system for solving procurement disputes between governments and their private counterparts has been a subject of debate among scholars. A particularly sensitive topic relates to the impartiality standards of each system and the determinants of its outcomes. Using a unique database of national arbitration resolutions we
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Conflict Resolution Strategies in Public Procurement: The Role of Informal Relations and Trust in Courts International Journal of Public Administration Pub Date : 2022-11-17 Yuliya Rodionova
ABSTRACT This paper analyzes conflict resolution strategies in public procurement in two transition economies, Russia and Kazakhstan, based on a supplier survey. The results show that 25% of suppliers in Kazakhstan and 32% of suppliers in Russia said preferred to resolve all public procurement conflicts through negotiations with the procurer without involving a third party represented by the regulator
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Mediating Roles of Service Innovation and Perceived Corruption in the Relationship between E-government and Citizens’ Satisfaction International Journal of Public Administration Pub Date : 2022-11-02 Santap Sanhari Mishra
ABSTRACT By taking the Electronic Satisfaction Satisfaction (EGOVSAT) model, this study examined the mediating roles of service innovation and perceived corruption in user satisfaction with e-government services. A total of 190 responses was collected from the e-government service users of the state of Odisha in India. The state of Odisha has adopted teamwork, transparency, technology, and timely service