Public Administration

This week's #FlashbackFriday takes us to 2009 and 87(1). "POWER, RATIONALITY AND LEGITIMACY IN PUBLIC ORGANIZATIONS" by Ray Gordon, Martin Kornberger, & Stewart R. Clegg explores the relationships between power, rationality, and legitimacy. https://lnkd.in/d6hrrXuf

"Regulatory Approaches in the Face of a Pandemic: Assessing the Role of Ideology, Context, and Rule Design in Four Spanish Regions" Salvador Parrado, Roberta Perna, Carlos Closa, & Manuel Pereira-Puga contains findings that support the influence of political ideas on the impact of economic vs. health dimensions on regulations, but challenge ideology's impact on enforcement. https://lnkd.in/eV3hQQvM

"Evaluating Conflict, Interest Advancement, and Representation in Collaborative Governance" by Graham Ambrose, Siwei Li, Ali Mohamed Ali Salman Yusuf, & Saba Siddiki finds that conflict is only detrimental when it outweighs cooperation. https://lnkd.in/ejjKQnAw Center for Policy Design and Governance NC State School of Public and International Affairs NC State University College of Humanities and Social Sciences

"Advancing Robust Governance in Turbulent Times: The Role of Multi-Level Governance, Hybrid Governance, and Negotiated Societal Intelligence" by Jacob Torfing, Tina Øllgaard Bentzen, Tiziana Caponio, Susana Coroado, Scott Douglas, Steven Nõmmik, Randma-Liiv Tiina, Chiara Russo, Eva Sørensen, and Koen Verhoest explores how three factors, multi-level governance, hybrid governance, and societal intelligence, can drive robust governance. https://lnkd.in/efCiB_4d

"Are Competitive Public Service Exams Counter-Productive? A Survey Experiment From Two East Asian States" by Chung-An Chen, Don-Yun Chen, Yang Chung Chen, Kee Hoon Chung, Pan Suk Kim, Geunjoo Lee, Cheol Liu, James Perry, & Inbok Rhee is open access. The harder the exam, the better the applicant? A survey experiment in 🇰🇷 & 🇹🇼 (N=1,804) finds high competition (2.5% pass rate) attracts committed, capable candidates—and filters out those chasing stability and perks. Easing entry could compromise public servant quality. https://lnkd.in/eFszFegK

This week's #FlashbackFriday takes us to 2001 and 79(3). "Administration and Society: Beyond Public Choice?" by Milan Zafirovski reconsiders public choice theory as it relates to bureaucracy and the held belief that bureaucrats are profit maximizers. https://lnkd.in/e_8EB-JB

Excited to see Public Administration climbing the rankings in Public Policy and Administration Journals! Up to number 4! https://lnkd.in/e-h3yQWw

"Decoding Paradoxes in Digital Government: Strategies for the Pursuit of Public Value" by Yifan Wang, Bing Ran, & Liang Ma proposes pursuing public value through interventions in technology, organization, and environment (TOE). https://lnkd.in/eiZ4RjCp

"Accountability and High-Effort Coping Strategies of Public Employees: Evidence From a Survey Experiment in China" by Yanwei Li & Hongbo Yu finds that learning-oriented accountability may reduce high-effort coping due to political risks. https://lnkd.in/ebkxp8Zu

"From Presence to Policy: The Conditional Impact of Women's Representation in Top Management Teams in Chinese Local Governments" by Ting H., Russell Hassan, Anders Villadsen, & Hongtao Yi explores how women’s representation in top management teams shapes the adoption of women-sensitive policies across 276 Chinese cities (2010–2018). The results show that team dynamics play a crucial role. https://lnkd.in/e3yrhMBr