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Do Shocks Change Organizations? The Case of NASA
The 50-year history of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) spaceflight program is marked by spectacular accomplishments and devastating tragedy. NASA has suffered three major disasters, each of which destroyed a spacecraft and killed its crew. In the wake of each accident, investigators and analysts identified causes and recommended technical and organizational improvemen…
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- Volume 22 Issue 3 July 2012 p. 395-425
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- 1053-1858
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- p. 395-425
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- Journal of Public Administration Research & Theory
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Organizational Red Tape: A Measurement Experiment
Multiple public administration survey research projects have asked respondents to assess the level of red tape in their organizations. Many of these surveys use the following questionnaire item: “If red tape is defined as ‘burdensome rules and procedures that have negative effects on the organization’s effectiveness,’ how would you assess the level of red tape in your organization?” Unfortunate…
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- Volume 22 Issue 3 July 2012 p. 427-444
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- 1053-1858
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- p. 427-444
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- Journal of Public Administration Research & Theory
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Effects of Managers’ Work Motivation and Networking Activity on Their Repor…
This study brings together two perspectives on managers’ reported levels of red tape. The work motivation perspective explains how managers’ characteristics, such as work engagement (alienation) or commitment, affect their reported levels of red tape. The external control perspective explains how managers’ feedback relations with external actors and organizations reduce miscommunications and co…
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- Volume 22 Issue 3 July 2012 p. 445-471
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- 1053-1858
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- p. 445-471
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- Journal of Public Administration Research & Theory
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Desperately Seeking Management: Understanding Management Quality and Its Impa…
This study analyzes the impact of management quality, spending, problem severity, and political factors on states’ air pollution control outcomes and provides insights for improving the measures and methods used in public management and government performance research. The analysis illustrates the importance of selecting proper outcome measures and taking into account the interaction of managem…
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- Volume 22 Issue 3 July 2012 p. 473-496
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- 1053-1858
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- p. 473-496
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- Journal of Public Administration Research & Theory
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Desperately Seeking Management: Understanding Management Quality and Its Impa…
This study analyzes the impact of management quality, spending, problem severity, and political factors on states’ air pollution control outcomes and provides insights for improving the measures and methods used in public management and government performance research. The analysis illustrates the importance of selecting proper outcome measures and taking into account the interaction of managem…
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- Volume 22 Issue 3 July 2012 p. 497-526
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- 1053-1858
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- p. 497-526
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- Journal of Public Administration Research & Theory
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The Link between Information and Bargaining Efficiency
The article reviews the relevant theory and research linking information and bargaining efficiency and presents results of an analysis of negotiation times associated with 290 franchise renewal agreements. Data reveal three main findings: (1) information revealing a history of poor performance by the supplier resulted in a 74% increase in negotiation time, (2) a 1% increase in the value of a co…
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- Volume 22 Issue 3 July 2012 p. 527-551
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- 1053-1858
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- p. 527-551
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- Journal of Public Administration Research & Theory
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Political Influence on Street-Level Bureaucratic Outcome: Testing the Interac…
A basic principle of good government is that politics should be restricted to the input side, whereas the bureaucracy should operate independently of political considerations. However, previous literature documents an implementation gap between unitary political aims and varied local outcomes, which occasionally can be attributed to political reasons; both bureaucratic ideology and that local p…
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- Volume 22 Issue 3 July 2012 p. 553-571
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- 1053-1858
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- p. 553-571
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- Journal of Public Administration Research & Theory
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Change-Oriented Organizational Citizenship Behavior in Public Administration:…
Using a well-grounded theory of organizational citizenship behavior, this study attempts to extend the meaning of the good soldier syndrome beyond its common boundaries of the business sector. We follow Bettencourt's (2004) conceptualization and model of change-oriented organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) to explain why and how public employees engage in activities targeted at changing an…
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- Volume 22 Issue 3 July 2012 p. 573-596
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- 1053-1858
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- p. 573-596
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Overcoming Negative Media Coverage: Does Government Communication Matter?
Public administration scholars often note that government should engage in more effective external communication to improve citizen trust and maintain political legitimacy. An important part of the belief is that more effective communication can lead to more favorable media coverage that ultimately shapes citizen trust in government. However, the link between government communication and media …
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- Volume 22 Issue 3 July 2012 p. 597-621
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- 1053-1858
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- p. 597-621
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- Journal of Public Administration Research & Theory
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Marketing the beast: Left Behind and the apocalypse industry
This article analyses the content and context of Left Behind - a popular series of christian novel, films, websites and games about the last days. This series is part of a much larger apocalypse industry that has developed to feed the fears of christians...
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- Vol. 30, No. 6, Page 813-830
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- 0163-4437
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- Media, Culture & Society
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An Integrative Framework for Collaborative Governance
Collaborative governance draws from diverse realms of practice and research in public administration. This article synthesizes and extends a suite of conceptual frameworks, research findings, and practice-based knowledge into an integrative framework for collaborative governance. The framework specifies a set of nested dimensions that encompass a larger system context, a collaborative governanc…
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- Volume 22 Issue 1 January 2012 p. 1-29
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- p. 1-29
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Agency Performance and Executive Pay in Government: An Empirical Test
Public management reform has drawn inspiration from principal agent theory and private management, and a favored reform strategy has been civil service reform that strongly recommends pay-for-performance. The hypothesis tested in this paper is that the incentive effect will improve public sector management. The basis is the performance management system introduced in Danish central government w…
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- Volume 22 Issue 1 January 2012 p. 31-54
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- p. 31-54
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Scientific Expertise and the Balance of Political Interests: MEDCAC and Medic…
Federal advisory committees are commonplace in the administrative state and often play a critical informational role in policymaking. Public administration scholars have yet to explore fully the implications of the institutional design and intra-committee dynamics that influence the advice produced by advisory committees. Using the Medicare Evidence Development and Coverage Advisory Committee (…
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- Volume 22 Issue 1 January 2012 p. 55-81
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Competing Explanations for Minority Enrollments in Higher Education
Although diversity has been considered a vital component in higher education over the past several decades, little research—theoretical or empirical—has rigorously examined the determinants of minority enrollments in higher education. By drawing on literature across several fields, this article helps close this gap by testing competing theoretical explanations for minority enrollments in Americ…
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- Volume 22 Issue 1 January 2012 p. 83-99
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- 1053-1858
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- p. 83-99
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Autonomous Agencies and Perceptions of Stakeholder Influence in Parliamentary…
This article examines the following question: How do independent agencies within parliamentary democracies perceive the influence of various political principals and societal stakeholders in their environment on their strategic and policy decisions? This question is examined through an extension of the theory and methodology of Waterman, Rouse, and Wright for 213 Dutch agencies. We find that ag…
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- Volume 22 Issue 1 January 2012 p. 101-119
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- 1053-1858
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- p. 101-119
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- Journal of Public Administration Research & Theory
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Does Civil Service Reform Affect Behavior? Linking Alternative Personnel Syst…
Current literature on civil service reform lacks any studies that examine how these reforms impact employee behavior. The research presented here links the presence of alternative personnel systems and perceptions of procedural justice in 2005 to the rates at which complaints were filed in 2006 in the federal government, after controlling for the use of alternative dispute resolution (ADR). Amo…
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- Volume 22 Issue 1 January 2012 p. 121-141
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- 1053-1858
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- p. 121-141
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- Journal of Public Administration Research & Theory
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Setting the Table: How Transformational Leadership Fosters Performance Inform…
The article offers a theory of how leadership affects the implementation of management reforms. The central premise of this theory is that leadership can have important but easy-to-miss indirect effects on organizational factors that shape reform outcomes. To test this question, we examine how transformational leadership influences the implementation of performance reforms, using performance in…
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- Volume 22 Issue 1 January 2012 p. 143-164
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- p. 143-164
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Bureaucratic Effectiveness and Influence in the Legislature
An extensive literature explores the correlates of bureaucratic influence in the implementation of public policy. Considerably less work, however, has investigated the conditions under which bureaucratic actors influence legislative outcomes. In this article, we develop the argument that effectiveness should be a key determinant of bureaucratic influence in the legislative process and identify …
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- Volume 22 Issue 2 April 2012 p. 347-371
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- p. 347-371
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Policy Divergence in Implementation: How Conflict among Decisive Legislators …
The question whether political conflict affects the course and outcomes of policy implementation is debated among scholars in public administration. Whereas some scholars emphasize the mediating effects of procedures for political control of bureaucracy, other scholars highlight the actions and preferences of agencies. The present study combines both perspectives and argues that policy divergen…
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- Volume 22 Issue 2 April 2012 p. 195-217
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- 1053-1858
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- p. 195-217
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The Consequences of Presidential Patronage for Federal Agency Performance
In this article, we examine the relationship between presidential patronage and federal agency performance. Using Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART) management scores for 1,016 federal programs during the Bush Administration, we compare the performance of federal programs administered by appointees from the campaign or party against programs run by other appointees or career professionals. W…
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- Volume 22 Issue 2 April 2012 p. 219-243
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- 1053-1858
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- p. 219-243
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